2022 Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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Accounting and Finance is the 302nd most popular major in the country with 3,100 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 182 accounting and finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 154 accounting and finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in accounting and finance. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality accounting and finance programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the accounting and finance program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting and Finance (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Texas A&M College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 128 masters’s accounting and finance degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Accounting and Finance Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Texas A&M College Station Accounting and Finance Report

#2

Northeastern State University

Tahlequah, Oklahoma

#3 in overall quality

$10,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. NSU is a medium-sized school located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma that handed out 13 masters’s accounting and finance degrees in 2019-2020.

NSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Accounting and Finance Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern State University are $10,600, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Accounting and Finance at NSU

#3

DeVry University - Texas

Irving, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$17,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend DeVry University - Texas. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. DeVry University - Texas is a small private for-profit school situated in Irving, Texas. It awarded 5 masters’s accounting and finance degrees in 2019-2020.

DeVry University - Texas not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Accounting and Finance Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at DeVry University - Texas are $17,552.

Read more about Accounting and Finance at DeVry University - Texas

#4

DeVry University - Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona

$17,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, DeVry University - Arizona landed the #4 spot on the list. Phoenix, Arizona is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s accounting and finance degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

DeVry University - Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Accounting and Finance Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at DeVry University - Arizona are $17,552.

Read full report on Accounting and Finance at DeVry University - Arizona

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting and Finance (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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