2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting in the Far Western US Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2021-2022, 93,982 accounting students received their degree, making the major the 8th most popular in the country. In , accounting graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $48,323 and had an average of $24,511 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 11,065 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,901 and $24,592 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,633 and $152,837 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in accounting. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in accounting.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree accounting students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting in the Far Western US Region

1

Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Far Western US Region list. Wazzu is located in Pullman, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s accounting degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Accounting at Wazzu

2

University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oregon. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Far Western US Region list. This large school is located in Eugene, Oregon, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s accounting 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Full UO Accounting Report

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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