2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting in Delaware (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Schools for a Master’s in Delaware For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Accounting is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 8th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 101,094 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, accounting graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $44,557 and had an average of $26,381 in loans still to pay off.

Across Delaware, there were 363 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,860 and $30,318 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 68 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,664 and $43,750 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Delaware For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in accounting. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great accounting programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Delaware For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for delaware master’s degree accounting students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting in Delaware (With Aid)

#1

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware

#1 in overall quality

$35,192 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Delaware For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Delaware is a large public school situated in Newark, Delaware. It awarded 28 masters’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

UD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Delaware” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UD are $35,192.

Full UD Accounting Report

#2

Wilmington University

New Castle, Delaware

#2 in overall quality

$8,834 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$61,218 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wilmington University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Delaware For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in New Castle, Delaware, and it awarded 40 masters’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

Wilmington University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Delaware” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wilmington University are $8,834, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Accounting at Wilmington University

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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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