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2023 Best Value Accounting Schools in Wisconsin

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$21,757 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,511 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Accounting School for You

In 2020-2021, 146 degrees and certificates were awarded to accounting students who went to a Wisconsin college or university. This makes it the #26 most popular major in the state.

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

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Accounting Schools in Wisconsin ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Wisconsin 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.

2023 Best Value Accounting Schools in Wisconsin

Check out the accounting programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Wisconsin Schools for Affordable Quality in Accounting

$10,720 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Wisconsin - Madison the best value school in Wisconsin for accounting students. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UW - Madison are $10,720 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UW - Madison is ranked #3 for overall quality for accounting in Wisconsin.

Full Accounting at University of Wisconsin - Madison Report

$7,730 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Accounting Schools in Wisconsin list. Located in the town of Whitewater, UW - Whitewater is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW - Whitewater are $7,730 per year.

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$31,952 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Concordia University, Wisconsin helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best accounting schools in Wisconsin. Concordia University, Wisconsin is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Mequon.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Concordia University, Wisconsin are $31,952 per year.

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$12,616 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ottawa University - Milwaukee. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Accounting Schools in Wisconsin list. Ottawa University - Milwaukee is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Brookfield.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ottawa University - Milwaukee are $12,616 per year.

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#5

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI
$45,766 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marquette University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Accounting Schools in Wisconsin list. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Marquette are $45,766 per year.

Marquette excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Accounting Schools in Wisconsin list.

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#6

Edgewood College

Madison, WI
$32,600 Average Tuition & Fees

Edgewood College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Accounting Schools in Wisconsin ranking. Edgewood is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Madison.

Edgewood undergraduate students pay an average of $32,600 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Accounting Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 406
Illinois 750
Ohio 470
Indiana 382

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 6 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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