2023 Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Accounting Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 99,265 accounting students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #8 most popular in the country.
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.
The Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 18 schools in the Southeast Region 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.
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.
Top 10 Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found Furman University to be the best value school for accounting students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Furman is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Greenville.
Furman graduate students pay an average of $7,513 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Furman is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at American Public University System helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value accounting schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the fringe town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at American Military University are $7,050 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, American Military University is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Gardner - Webb University is a great value for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. Gardner - Webb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Boiling Springs.
Gardner - Webb graduate students pay an average of $10,130 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bellarmine University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Bellarmine U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Louisville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Bellarmine U are $13,652 a year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Mississippi College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value accounting schools in the Southeast Region . MC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Clinton.
MC graduate students pay an average of $12,796 in tuition and fees each year.
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Lipscomb University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for accounting students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Lipscomb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Nashville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Lipscomb are $17,100 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Lipscomb also is in the top 20% of our Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
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Belhaven University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for accounting students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Belhaven is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Jackson.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Belhaven are $10,980 per year.
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DeVry University - Georgia did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for accounting students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the suburb of Decatur, DeVry University - Georgia is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
DeVry University - Georgia graduate students pay an average of $17,552 in tuition and fees each year.
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Auburn University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Auburn, Auburn is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Auburn are $31,986 per year.
Auburn excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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University of Louisiana at Monroe did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for accounting students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. ULM is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Monroe.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ULM are $21,877 per year.
Request InformationBest Accounting Colleges by State
Explore the best accounting colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 2,330 |
| Virginia | 1,921 |
| North Carolina | 2,114 |
| Florida | 3,746 |
| Tennessee | 1,225 |
| Kentucky | 772 |
| South Carolina | 988 |
| Louisiana | 885 |
| Arkansas | 626 |
| Alabama | 1,557 |
| Mississippi | 1,081 |
| West Virginia | 520 |
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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 |
|---|---|
| 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 18 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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