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2023 Best Value Accounting Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$11,503 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$62,466 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Accounting Doctor's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, accounting was ranked #17 in the country. In fact 19,309 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Accounting Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which doctor'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.

2023 Best Value Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Accounting Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Accounting

Our analysis found Anderson University Indiana to be the best value school for accounting students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the small city of Anderson, Anderson University Indiana 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 Anderson University Indiana are $11,503 a year.

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#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a very large student population.

Michigan State graduate students pay an average of $38,638 in tuition and fees each year.

Michigan State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Full Accounting at Michigan State University Report

Best Accounting Colleges by State

Explore the best accounting colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 406
Illinois 750
Ohio 470
Indiana 382
Wisconsin 146

One of 20 majors within the area of study, accounting has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137
Finance & Financial Management 5,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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