2021 Best Accounting Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region
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Finding the Best Accounting Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Accounting Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region ranking analyzed 57 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in accounting. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent accounting programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the accounting program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Accounting Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Accounting Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Top 10 Best Accounting Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Missouri - Columbia has taken the #1 spot in this year's accounting ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a fairly large student population. Mizzou not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Colleges for Accounting in the Plains States Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. There are approximately 15,161 students at Mizzou that take at least one class online. There are roughly 5,276 part time students in attendance at Mizzou.
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Capella University earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. Capella University is a very large private for-profit school located in the large city of Minneapolis.
The student loan default rate at Capella University is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. All 38,716 students take classes exclusively online at Capella University. 30,933 of Capella University students are attending part time.
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The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Minneapolis. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Twin Cities, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Accounting in the Plains States Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. There are approximately 21,237 students at UMN Twin Cities that take at least one class online. 13,655 students are part time.
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Creighton University landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best accounting schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Omaha, Creighton is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population. Creighton also took the #7 spot in our Best Colleges for Accounting in the Plains States Region rankings.
About 0.4% of Creighton students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 1,694 students at Creighton are exclusively online. 1,359 of Creighton students are attending part time.
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The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Iowa. Iowa is a very large public school located in the city of Iowa City. Iowa also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for Accounting in the Plains States Region rankings.
About 1.2% of Iowa students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 12,975 students take at least one class online at Iowa. There are roughly 5,055 part time students in attendance at Iowa.
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University of St Thomas Minnesota earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. UST MN is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UST MN has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Accounting in the Plains States Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 3,011 students at UST MN that take at least one class online. About 2,432 of the students at UST MN are attending part time.
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Saint Mary's University of Minnesota comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. SMU MN is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Winona.
The student loan default rate at SMU MN is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. 1,839 of SMU MN students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 1,444 part time students in attendance at SMU MN.
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Wichita State University earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. WSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Wichita.
The student loan default rate at WSU is lower than is typical, just 1.6% of students default in three years. Approximately 5,338 students take at least one class online at WSU. 5,241 students are part time.
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University of Northern Iowa earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. UNI is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Cedar Falls. UNI excels when it comes to major quality. It's ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Accounting in the Plains States Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.1%. There are approximately 4,212 students at UNI that take at least one class online. About 1,478 of the students at UNI are attending part time.
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Maryville University of Saint Louis earned the #10 spot in our 2021 rankings. Maryville U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.4%. 7,202 of Maryville U students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 6,662 part time students in attendance at Maryville U.
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