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2023 Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$9,057 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$55,627 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Accounting Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, accounting students earned 636 degrees and certificates from a Missouri school, making the subject the 10th in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 Missouri to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Missouri 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.

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 Missouri

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Missouri - Columbia the best value school in Missouri for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mizzou are $11,255 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Mizzou is ranked #2 for overall quality for accounting in Missouri.

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#2

Park University

Parkville, MO

Out of the 4 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Park University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Parkville, Park University is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Park University are $6,435 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri State University - Springfield. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list. Located in the city of Springfield, Missouri State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Missouri State graduate students pay an average of $6,858 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Missouri - St Louis helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value accounting schools in Missouri. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, UMSL is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UMSL are $12,528 a 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
Minnesota 196
Iowa 129
Kansas 277
Nebraska 74
North Dakota 47
South Dakota 37

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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