2023 Best Value Accounting Master's Degree Schools in Illinois
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Accounting Master's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 750 degrees and certificates were awarded to accounting students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #15 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 can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Accounting Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 19 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for accounting majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Best Accounting Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Illinois State University to be the best value school for accounting students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Illinois. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Illinois State are $9,773 a year.
Illinois State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.
Out of the 19 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public school with a large student population.
SIUE graduate students pay an average of $9,316 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Out of the 19 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Illinois University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NIU are $11,390 a year.
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Out of the 19 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Springfield landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, UIS is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UIS are $11,111 a year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Governors State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. GSU is a small public school located in the rural area of University Park.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at GSU are $8,320 per year.
Bradley University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree accounting programs. Bradley is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Peoria.
Bradley graduate students pay an average of $17,400 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Aurora University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for accounting students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Aurora, Aurora is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Aurora are $14,100 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Aurora also did well on our Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Northeastern Illinois University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for accounting students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of Chicago, Northeastern Illinois University is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northeastern Illinois University are $9,428 per year.
Loyola University Chicago came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Loyola Chicago are $19,894 per year.
With a ranking of #10, DePaul University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for accounting students working on their master’s degree. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at DePaul are $18,341 a year.
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 |
| 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 19 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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