If you pursue a associate degree in accounting, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #13 most popular program 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 reviewed 2 schools in North Dakota to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of accounting. Combined, these schools handed out 25 associate degrees in accounting to qualified students.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate 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 associate 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 associate degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized accounting related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for accounting students working on their associate degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in North Dakota ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Accounting in North Dakota
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in accounting.
Top North Dakota Schools for an Associate in Accounting
Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in accounting has to check out Rasmussen University - North Dakota. Rasmussen University - North Dakota is a small private for-profit university located in the midsize city of Fargo.
Associate graduates who receive their degree from the accounting program earn an average of $43,765 for their early career.
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).
