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2023 Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$13,879 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$55,627 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Accounting Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, accounting students earned 519 degrees and certificates from a Connecticut school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Connecticut 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut

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

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

#1

Post University

Waterbury, CT

Our analysis found Post University to be the best value school for accounting students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Connecticut. Post University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Waterbury.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Post University are $7,700 a year.

Full Accounting at Post University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Central Connecticut State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut list. Located in the large suburb of New Britain, CCSU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CCSU are $12,848 per year.

Read full report on Accounting at Central Connecticut State University

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Connecticut helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value accounting schools in Connecticut. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCONN are $20,325 a year.

UCONN also took the #5 spot in our Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut rankings.

Full Accounting at University of Connecticut Report

#4

University of Hartford

West Hartford, CT

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Hartford is a great value for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of West Hartford, UHart is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

UHart graduate students pay an average of $15,202 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Accounting at University of Hartford Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Southern Connecticut State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value accounting schools in Connecticut. SCSU is a medium-sized public school located in the city of New Haven.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SCSU are $13,321 per year.

Read full report on Accounting at Southern Connecticut State University

Best Value Accounting Colleges in the New England Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 669
Rhode Island 78
New Hampshire 428
Maine 28
Vermont 36

Accounting is one of 20 different types of programs to choose from.

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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