Accounting is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #8 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 74 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of accounting. Combined, these schools handed out 3,422 bachelor's degrees in accounting to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Accounting School for Your Bachelor's Degree
Your choice of accounting for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to accounting students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of accounting students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt accounting students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
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 bachelor'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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Accounting in the Plains States Region
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in accounting. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
14 Top Plains States Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Accounting
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in accounting. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Accounting bachelor's degree recipients from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities earn a boost of about $11,119 above the average income of accounting majors.
University of Missouri - Columbia is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in accounting. Mizzou is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.
Accounting bachelor's degree recipients from University of Missouri - Columbia earn a boost of around $9,585 above the typical income of accounting majors.
Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in accounting has to check out Iowa State University. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Bachelor's recipients from the accounting degree program at Iowa State University get $3,007 above the average college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
Located in the city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.
Bachelor's recipients from the accounting program at University of St Thomas Minnesota make $10,101 above the average graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
Iowa is a fairly large public university located in the city of Iowa City.
Bachelor's recipients from the accounting degree program at University of Iowa get $9,901 more than the typical college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Here are some additional great schools for Accounting students in the Plains States Region that almost earned our Best Accounting Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region award.
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).