2023 Best Value Accounting Doctor's Degree Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Accounting Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 99,265 accounting students received their degrees and certificates, making the major the #8 most popular in the country.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.
The Best Value Accounting Doctor's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the United States to see which doctor's 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.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best Accounting Doctor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Anderson University Indiana to be the best value school for accounting students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. Located in the city of Anderson, Anderson University Indiana is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Anderson University Indiana are $11,503 a year.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value accounting schools in the United States. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 per year.
UT Austin also claimed a spot on our Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Capella University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Capella University graduate students pay an average of $14,784 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value accounting schools in the United States. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UPenn are $42,932 per year.
UPenn also claimed a spot on our Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Missouri - Columbia helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value accounting schools in the United States. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Mizzou are $28,550 a year.
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Washington State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree accounting programs. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Wazzu are $28,190 a year.
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With a ranking of #7, Georgia State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for accounting students working on their doctor’s degree. Georgia State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Atlanta.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Georgia State are $24,790 per year.
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Michigan State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree accounting programs. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Michigan State are $38,638 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Michigan State is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools list.
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Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Louisiana State University is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Louisiana State University are $29,966 a year.
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The University of Alabama ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UA is a very large public school located in the small city of Tuscaloosa.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UA are $30,940 per year.
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Majors Related to Accounting
Accounting is one of 21 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related 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 12 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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