2023 Best Value Accounting Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Accounting Master's Degree 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Accounting Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 118 schools in the Southeast Region to see which master'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.
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 15% Best Accounting Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Charleston Southern University to be the best value school for accounting students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southeast Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Charleston, CSU 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 CSU are $5,085 a year.
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Out of the 118 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, American Public University System landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the fringe town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.
American Military University graduate students pay an average of $7,050 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Liberty University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value accounting schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 per year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Gardner - Webb University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value accounting schools in the Southeast Region . 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 Wingate University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Wingate is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Wingate.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Wingate are $11,700 a year.
Wingate also claimed a spot on our Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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The University of Tampa did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for accounting students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. UT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Tampa.
UT graduate students pay an average of $12,014 in tuition and fees each year.
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Union University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for accounting students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Union is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Jackson.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Union are $11,666 a year.
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Shorter University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for accounting students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Shorter is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Rome.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Shorter are $12,800 a 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 master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Lipscomb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Nashville.
Lipscomb graduate students pay an average of $17,100 in tuition and fees each year.
Lipscomb excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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With a ranking of #10, Elon University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for accounting students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Elon, Elon is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Elon are $18,828 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Elon also did well on our Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Mississippi College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for accounting students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #11 on the list. MC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Clinton.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at MC are $12,796 a year.
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Florida Institute of Technology - Online landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree accounting programs. Located in the city of Melbourne, Florida Institute of Technology - Online is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Florida Institute of Technology - Online graduate students pay an average of $16,128 in tuition and fees each year.
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Mercer University ranked #13 on this year’s Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Macon, Mercer is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mercer are $15,544 per year.
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With a ranking of #14, Delta State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for accounting students working on their master’s degree. Delta State University is a small public school located in the town of Cleveland.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Delta State University are $8,360 a year.
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With a ranking of #15, Brenau University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for accounting students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Gainesville, Brenau is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Brenau graduate students pay an average of $13,940 in tuition and fees each year.
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Northern Kentucky University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for accounting students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #16 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Highland Heights, NKU is a public college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NKU are $15,594 a year.
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University of Central Arkansas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for accounting students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #17 on the list. UCA is a large public school located in the small city of Conway.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCA are $11,835 per year.
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These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Value Accounting Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | University of Memphis | Memphis, TN |
| 19 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC |
| 20 | Stetson University | DeLand, FL |
| 21 | Clemson University | Clemson, SC |
| 22 | DeVry University - Florida | Miramar, FL |
| 23 | DeVry University - Virginia | Arlington, VA |
Best Accounting Colleges by State
Explore the best accounting schools 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 26 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Pixabay.
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