2023 Best Value Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Accounting Undergraduate Certificate School for You
With 99,265 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, accounting is the #8 most popular major in the United States.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 38 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for accounting students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Top 10 Best Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found Madison Area Technical College to be the best value school for accounting students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Madison College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Madison College are $6,769 per year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, accounting majors at Madison College accumulate an average of around $20,598 in student debt.
Madison College also took the #2 spot in our Best Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northcentral Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of Wausau, North Central Technical College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at North Central Technical College are $5,415 a year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, accounting graduates from North Central Technical College carry an average student debtload of $17,593.
In addition to its great value ranking, North Central Technical College is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Fox Valley Technical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value accounting schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the midsize suburb of Appleton, FVTC is a public college with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FVTC are $6,861 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, FVTC is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Green Bay, NWTC is a public college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NWTC are $6,849 a year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, accounting graduates from NWTC carry an average student debtload of $13,132.
NWTC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southwest Wisconsin Technical College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the rural area of Fennimore, Southwest Tech is a public school with a small student population.
Southwest Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $6,683 in tuition and fees each year.
Southwest Tech also made our Best Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #3.
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Chippewa Valley Technical College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. CVTC is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Eau Claire.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CVTC are $6,683 per year.
CVTC also made our Best Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #5.
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Moraine Park Technical College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate accounting programs. Located in the city of Fond du Lac, Moraine Park Technical College is a public school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Moraine Park Technical College are $6,683 per year. On average, accounting graduates from Moraine Park Technical College take out $12,979 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.
In addition to its great value ranking, Moraine Park Technical College is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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Western Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for accounting students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Western Technical College is a small public school located in the city of La Crosse.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Western Technical College are $6,687 per year. The average amount in student loans that accounting majors at Western Technical College take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $14,938.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Western Technical College also did well on our Best Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Lakeshore Technical College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. LTC is a small public school located in the rural area of Cleveland.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LTC are $6,056 per year.
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Waukesha County Technical College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. WCTC is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Pewaukee.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at WCTC are $6,603 a year.
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Request InformationBest Accounting Colleges by State
Explore the best accounting colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 2,435 |
| Ohio | 3,278 |
| Illinois | 3,151 |
| Indiana | 1,707 |
| Wisconsin | 1,606 |
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Accounting Related Majors for Accounting
One of 21 majors within the area of study, accounting has other similar majors worth exploring.
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 25 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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