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2023 Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$30,701 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$55,627 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Accounting Graduate Certificate School for You

Accounting is the #23 most popular major in Massachusetts with 669 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

The Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in Massachusetts 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. 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

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

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

#1

Assumption University

Worcester, MA

Our analysis found Assumption University to be the best value school for accounting students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Massachusetts. Assumption is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Worcester.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Assumption are $13,856 per year.

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#2

Bentley University

Waltham, MA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Bentley University is a great value for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. Bentley is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Waltham.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Bentley are $42,200 a year. The average amount in student loans that accounting majors at Bentley take out while working on their Graduate Certificate is $23,975.

Bentley also made our Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list, coming in at #4.

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Out of the 5 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth landed the # 3 spot on the list. UMass Dartmouth is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of North Dartmouth.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Dartmouth are $16,965 per year.

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#4

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Harvard University is a great value for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 per year.

Harvard did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list.

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#5

Suffolk University

Boston, MA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Suffolk University is a great value for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. Suffolk is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Suffolk are $39,813 a year.

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Best Value Accounting Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Accounting Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 519
Rhode Island 78
New Hampshire 428
Maine 28
Vermont 36

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 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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