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2023 Best Value Accounting Schools in Montana

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$17,162 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,268 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Accounting School for You

Accounting is the #15 most popular major in Montana with 141 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Accounting Schools in Montana to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Montana to see which 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Accounting Schools in Montana

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for accounting majors pursuing a .

Best Montana Schools for Affordable Quality in Accounting

$7,528 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Montana State University the best value school in Montana for accounting students. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large public school located in the town of Bozeman.

MSU Bozeman undergraduate students pay an average of $7,528 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$6,022 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University - Billings landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Billings, Montana State University - Billings is a public school with a small student population.

Montana State University - Billings undergraduate students pay an average of $6,022 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$7,492 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at The University of Montana helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best accounting schools in Montana. UM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Missoula.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UM are $7,492 per year. The average amount in student loans that accounting majors at UM take out is $29,875.

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#4

Carroll College

Helena, MT
$38,106 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Carroll College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Accounting Schools in Montana list. Located in the town of Helena, Carroll Montana is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Carroll Montana are $38,106 a year.

Carroll Montana also made our Best Accounting Schools in Montana list, coming in at #3.

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#5

University of Providence

Great Falls, MT
$26,662 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Providence landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Great Falls, University of Providence is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at University of Providence are $26,662 a year.

University of Providence not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Accounting Schools in Montana list.

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Best Value Accounting Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Accounting Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 1,498
Utah 2,857
Idaho 559
Wyoming 93

One of 21 majors within the area of study, accounting has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 5 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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