2023 Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in New York
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Accounting Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, accounting students earned 7,419 degrees and certificates from a New York school, making the subject the 7th in the state.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in New York to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in New York to see which graduate certificate 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.
Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Accounting
Our analysis found DeVry College of New York to be the best value school for accounting students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in New York. DeVry College of New York-Midtown Manhattan is a small private for-profit school located in the city of New York.
DeVry College of New York-Midtown Manhattan graduate students pay an average of $17,552 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Iona College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value accounting schools in New York. Located in the large suburb of New Rochelle, Iona is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Iona graduate students pay an average of $23,242 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rochester Institute of Technology. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. RIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Rochester.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at RIT are $52,408 per year.
RIT did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Adelphi University is a great value for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. Adelphi is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Garden City.
Adelphi graduate students pay an average of $44,520 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Request InformationBest Value Accounting Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 3,659 |
| Maryland | 1,311 |
| New Jersey | 2,166 |
| District of Columbia | 497 |
| Delaware | 306 |
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Majors Related to Accounting
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 4 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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