2023 Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Accounting Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, accounting students earned 3,659 degrees and certificates from a Pennsylvania school, making the subject the 8th in the state.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for accounting students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Accounting
Our 2023 rankings named Clarion University of Pennsylvania the best value school in Pennsylvania for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. Clarion University is a small public school located in the remote town of Clarion.
Clarion University graduate students pay an average of $12,179 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 Villanova University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Villanova is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Villanova.
Villanova graduate students pay an average of $21,199 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Villanova is ranked #4 for overall quality for accounting in Pennsylvania.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Joseph’s University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. St. Joe's is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at St. Joe’s are $18,144 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, St. Joe’s is ranked #5 for overall quality for accounting in Pennsylvania.
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Out of the 4 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, DeVry University - Pennsylvania landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Ft. Washington, DeVry University - Pennsylvania is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at DeVry University - Pennsylvania are $17,552 per year.
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Request InformationBest Value Accounting Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New York | 7,419 |
| 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.
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 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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