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2023 Best Value Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Kansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$6,893 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,137 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Accounting Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, accounting students earned 1,036 degrees and certificates from a Kansas school, making the subject the 5th in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Kansas ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Kansas 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Kansas

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Accounting Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Kansas Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Accounting

Our analysis found Hutchinson Community College to be the best value school for accounting students who want to pursue a associate degree in Kansas. Hutchinson Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Hutchinson.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Hutchinson Community College are $3,540 per year.

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#2

Johnson County Community College

Overland Park, KS

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Johnson County Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Kansas list. Located in the city of Overland Park, JCCC is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at JCCC are $2,688 a year. On average, accounting graduates from JCCC take out $17,564 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

JCCC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Kansas list.

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#3

Butler Community College

El Dorado, KS

Out of the 5 schools in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Butler Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Butler CC is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of El Dorado.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Butler CC are $4,176 a year. The average amount in student loans that accounting majors at Butler CC take out while working on their Associate Degree is $24,585.

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#4

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Out of the 5 schools in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. K -State is a very large public school located in the city of Manhattan.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at K -State are $10,420 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, K -State also is in the top 15% of our Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Kansas ranking.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rasmussen University - Kansas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Kansas list. Located in the rural area of Topeka, Rasmussen University - Kansas is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Rasmussen University - Kansas undergraduate students pay an average of $13,639 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that accounting majors at Rasmussen University - Kansas take out while working on their Associate Degree is $25,400.

Rasmussen University - Kansas not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Kansas list.

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Best Value Accounting Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 1,765
Minnesota 1,551
Iowa 956
Nebraska 466
North Dakota 277
South Dakota 241

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

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 5 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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