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2022 Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
118 Degrees Awarded
$20,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 Far Western US region, there were 340 accounting and business/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 118 accounting and business/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in accounting and business/management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great accounting and business/management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the accounting and business/management program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting and Business/Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of Phoenix - California

Costa Mesa, California
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - California landed the #1 spot on the list. UOPX - California is a private for-profit institution located in Costa Mesa, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UOPX - California, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.

Read full report on Accounting and Business/Management at UOPX - California

#2

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Santa Clara University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Santa Clara, California, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 30 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s accounting and business/management students in 2019-2020.

SCU also made our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Santa Clara University is $18,949 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Accounting and Business/Management students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Accounting and Business/Management at Santa Clara University

#3

George Fox University

Newberg, Oregon
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Fox University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Newberg, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s accounting and business/management degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region bachelor’s degree accounting and business/management students whose families make $30-$48k list, GFU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend GFU is $23,656 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Accounting and Business/Management students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Accounting and Business/Management at GFU

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chaminade University of Honolulu. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s accounting and business/management students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region bachelor’s degree accounting and business/management students whose families make $30-$48k list, Chaminade University of Honolulu has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Chaminade University of Honolulu is $18,321 for far western us region bachelor’s degree accounting and business/management students whose families make $30-$48k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low student loan default rate of 4.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Chaminade University of Honolulu Accounting and Business/Management Report

#5

Warner Pacific University

Portland, Oregon
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Warner Pacific University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Portland, Oregon, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s accounting and business/management students in 2019-2020.

Warner Pacific also took the #6 spot in our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Warner Pacific is $20,318 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Accounting and Business/Management students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Accounting and Business/Management at Warner Pacific

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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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