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2022 Best Value Colleges for Accounting and Business/Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
236 Degrees Awarded
$14,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Southwest region, there were 236 accounting and business/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Accounting and Business/Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 141 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region accounting and business/management students whose families make $30-$48k list, UOPX - Arizona has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UOPX - Arizona is $13,378 for southwest region accounting and business/management students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#2

Rose State College

Midwest City, Oklahoma

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rose State College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Rose State College is a medium-sized school located in Midwest City, Oklahoma that handed out 18 ’s accounting and business/management degrees in 2019-2020.

RSC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend RSC is $8,276 for southwest region accounting and business/management students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#3

Wiley College

Marshall, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wiley College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Wiley College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Marshall, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Wiley College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Wiley College is $17,314 for Southwest Region Accounting and Business/Management students whose families make $30-$48k.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Strayer University - Texas landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Austin, Texas, this small private for-profit school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified ’s accounting and business/management students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region accounting and business/management students whose families make $30-$48k list, Strayer University - Texas has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwest University at El Paso. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Southwest University at El Paso is a small school located in El Paso, Texas that handed out 65 ’s accounting and business/management degrees in 2019-2020.

Southwest University at El Paso also made our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $18,576 for Southwest Region Accounting and Business/Management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Southwest University at El Paso.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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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