Accounting is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #10 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Accounting Master's Degree Schools in Nebraska ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 97 master's degrees in accounting to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Accounting School for Your Master's Degree
Your choice of accounting for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality accounting program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on accounting students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other accounting students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for accounting to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized accounting related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for accounting students working on their master's degree.
The accounting school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Accounting Master's Degree Schools in Nebraska.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Accounting in Nebraska
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in accounting.
Every student who is interested in a master's degree in accounting has to look into Creighton University. Located in the city of Omaha, Creighton is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in accounting from Creighton University
It is difficult to beat University of Nebraska - Lincoln if you want to pursue a master's degree in accounting. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public university with a fairly large student population.
After graduating, accounting master's recipients generally make an average of $63,146 at the beginning of their careers.
Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in accounting has to check out Bellevue University. Located in the large suburb of Bellevue, Bellevue University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in accounting from Bellevue University
Best Accounting Colleges in the Plains States Region
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).