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2023 Best Value Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

52 Colleges
$6,492 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,070 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Accounting Undergraduate 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 52 schools in the Southeast Region to see which undergraduate 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.

2023 Best Value Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Check out the accounting undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Chattahoochee Technical College to be the best value school for accounting students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the suburb of Marietta, Chattahoochee Technical College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Chattahoochee Technical College are $5,602 per year.

Chattahoochee Technical College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Georgia Northwestern Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Georgia Northwestern Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Rome.

Georgia Northwestern Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,462 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Georgia Northwestern Technical College also is in the top 10% of our Best Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Georgia Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. West Georgia Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Waco.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at West Georgia Technical College are $5,452 a year.

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Out of the 52 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, SOWELA Technical Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. SOWELA is a small public school located in the city of Lake Charles.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SOWELA are $4,265 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Crescent Technical College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the suburb of Griffin, Southern Crescent Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

Southern Crescent Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,526 in tuition and fees each year.

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Georgia Piedmont Technical College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Georgia Piedmont Technical College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Clarkston.

Georgia Piedmont Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,578 in tuition and fees each year.

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NorthWest Arkansas Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Bentonville, NWACC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NWACC are $4,456 a year.

NWACC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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Athens 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. Athens Technical College is a small public school located in the city of Athens.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Athens Technical College are $5,462 a year.

Athens Technical College 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 Southeast Region list.

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#8

Gwinnett Technical College

Lawrenceville, GA

Gwinnett Technical College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the suburb of Lawrenceville, GTC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at GTC are $5,636 a year. The average amount in student loans that accounting majors at GTC take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $30,597.

In addition to its great value ranking, GTC is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#10

Central Georgia Technical College

Warner Robins, GA

Central Georgia Technical College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate accounting programs. CGTC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Warner Robins.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CGTC are $5,442 a year.

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Best 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

Accounting is one of 21 different types of programs to choose from.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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