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2023 Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$16,126 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$55,627 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Accounting Graduate Certificate School for You

With 95 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, accounting is the #29 most popular major in Oregon.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Oregon to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for accounting students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Oregon Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Accounting

Our analysis found Linfield University - Online and Continuing Education to be the best value school for accounting students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Oregon. Located in the town of McMinnville, Linfield OCE is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Read full report on Accounting at Linfield University - Online and Continuing Education

Out of the 4 schools in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland State University is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Portland State University are $16,518 per year. While working on their Graduate Certificate, accounting majors at Portland State University accumulate an average of around $29,312 in student debt.

Full Accounting at Portland State University Report

#3

Eastern Oregon University

La Grande, OR

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Eastern Oregon University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon list. Located in the town of La Grande, EOU is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at EOU are $17,928 a year.

Read full report on Accounting at Eastern Oregon University

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Southern Oregon University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value accounting schools in Oregon. Located in the suburb of Ashland, Southern Oregon University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Southern Oregon University graduate students pay an average of $15,734 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Accounting Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
California 893
Washington 168
Nevada 73
Hawaii 22
Alaska 1

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

Majors Similar to Accounting

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 4 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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