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2023 Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$8,023 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$55,627 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Accounting Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 129 degrees and certificates were awarded to accounting students who went to a Iowa college or university. This makes it the #22 most popular major in the state.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Iowa to see which graduate 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.

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 Iowa

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

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

#1

Simpson College

Indianola, IA

Our analysis found Simpson College to be the best value school for accounting students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Iowa. Located in the town of Indianola, Simpson College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Simpson College graduate students pay an average of $6,606 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Simpson College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list.

Full Accounting at Simpson College Report

#2

Grand View University

Des Moines, IA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Grand View University is a great value for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. Grand View University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Des Moines.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Grand View University are $9,440 per year.

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Best Value Accounting Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Accounting Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 636
Minnesota 196
Kansas 277
Nebraska 74
North Dakota 47
South Dakota 37

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 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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