by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 3,781 people earned their degree in accounting and finance, making the major the 289th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 61 accounting and finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 38 accounting and finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,724 and $22,887 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in accounting and finance. That schools that top this list have a program in accounting and finance in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree accounting and finance students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tabor College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Plains States Region. This small school is located in Hillsboro, Kansas, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend McPherson College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in McPherson, Kansas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s accounting and finance students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Central University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Plains States Region list. North Central University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 5 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bethel University Minnesota landed the #4 spot on the list. Bethel University Minnesota is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 5 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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 Bethel University Minnesota Accounting and Finance Report
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the #5 spot on the list. University of North Dakota is a fairly large public school situated in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It awarded 13 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.
Read more about Accounting and Finance at University of North Dakota
Drake University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Des Moines, Iowa, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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