2023 Best Value Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Kansas
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
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 moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Hutchinson.
Hutchinson Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,540 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 5 schools in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson County Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Overland Park, JCCC is a public college with a fairly 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 not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Kansas list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Butler Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Kansas list. Butler CC is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of El Dorado.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Butler CC are $4,176 per 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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The excellent associate degree programs at Kansas State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value accounting schools in Kansas. K -State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at K -State are $10,420 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, K -State is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Kansas list.
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The excellent associate degree programs at Rasmussen University - Kansas helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value accounting schools in Kansas. Located in the rural area of Topeka, Rasmussen University - Kansas is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rasmussen University - Kansas are $13,639 per 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 also took the #4 spot in our Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Kansas rankings.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Missouri | 1,765 |
Minnesota | 1,551 |
Iowa | 956 |
Nebraska | 466 |
North Dakota | 277 |
South Dakota | 241 |
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Majors Related to Accounting
Accounting is one of 21 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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).
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