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2023 Best Value Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Utah

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$6,352 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,137 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Accounting Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, accounting students earned 2,857 degrees and certificates from an Utah school, making the subject the 7th in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Utah ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Utah to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for accounting students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Utah

Check out the accounting associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Utah Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Accounting

#1

Salt Lake Community College

Salt Lake City, UT

Our analysis found Salt Lake Community College to be the best value school for accounting students who want to pursue a associate degree in Utah. Located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Salt Lake Community College are $4,086 a year. On average, accounting graduates from Salt Lake Community College take out $13,675 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Salt Lake Community College is ranked #3 for overall quality for accounting in Utah.

Full Accounting at Salt Lake Community College Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Utah Valley University is a great value for accounting students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UVU undergraduate students pay an average of $6,010 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UVU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Utah list.

Read full report on Accounting at Utah Valley University

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Utah State University is a great value for accounting students working on their associate degree. USU is a very large public school located in the city of Logan.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at USU are $8,960 a year.

USU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Utah list.

Full Accounting at Utah State University Report

Best Value Accounting Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Accounting Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 1,498
Idaho 559
Montana 141
Wyoming 93

Accounting is one of 21 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Accounting

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 416,590
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 43,382

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Pixabay.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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