2023 Best Value Accounting Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Accounting School for You
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The Best Value Accounting Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 76 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value 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.
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2023 Best Value Accounting Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Check out the accounting programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 15% Best Accounting Schools
Our analysis found Calvin University to be the best value school for accounting students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the midsize city of Grand Rapids, Calvin is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Calvin are $38,240 a year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Accounting Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Illinois State are $24,172 a year.
Illinois State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Accounting Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Accounting Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SIUE are $11,496 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northern Illinois University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Accounting Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NIU are $14,738 a year.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Butler University is a great value for accounting students. Located in the city of Indianapolis, Butler is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
Butler undergraduate students pay an average of $43,400 in tuition and fees each year.
With a ranking of #6, Youngstown State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for accounting students. Youngstown State University is a large public school located in the city of Youngstown.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Youngstown State University are $9,732 per year.
Xavier University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Accounting Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, Xavier is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Xavier are $42,460 per year.
Baldwin Wallace University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for accounting students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Berea, Baldwin Wallace College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Baldwin Wallace College are $35,366 per year.
Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value accounting programs. IWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Marion.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at IWU are $9,239 a year.
Concordia University, Wisconsin landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value accounting programs. Concordia University, Wisconsin is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Mequon.
Concordia University, Wisconsin undergraduate students pay an average of $31,952 in tuition and fees each year.
Walsh College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Accounting Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Troy, Walsh is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Walsh are $20,310 a year.
Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional great value schools for Accounting graduate students in the Great Lakes Region seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Accounting Schools in the Great Lakes Region award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | University of St Francis | Joliet, IL |
| 13 | John Carroll University | University Heights, OH |
| 14 | Aurora University | Aurora, IL |
| 15 | Bradley University | Peoria, IL |
Best Accounting Colleges by State
Explore the best accounting colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 406 |
| Illinois | 750 |
| Ohio | 470 |
| Indiana | 382 |
| Wisconsin | 146 |
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Majors Related to Accounting
One of 20 majors within the area of study, accounting has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 25 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).
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