2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Accounting and Business/Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,600 people earned their degree in accounting and business/management, making the major the 323rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 91 accounting and business/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 27 accounting and business/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in accounting and business/management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality accounting and business/management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the accounting and business/management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree accounting and business/management students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Accounting and Business/Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Mitchell Technical College

Mitchell, South Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$9,349 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Mitchell Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Mitchell Technical College is a small school located in Mitchell, South Dakota that handed out 13 associates’s accounting and business/management degrees in 2019-2020.

Mitchell Tech also made our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $9,349 for plains states region associate degree accounting and business/management students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Mitchell Technical College.

Full Mitchell Tech Accounting and Business/Management Report

#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$14,232 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Manhattan, Kansas, and it awarded 12 associates’s accounting and business/management degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $14,232 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Accounting and Business/Management students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Kansas State University.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Accounting and Business/Management at K -State

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Accounting and Business/Management (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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