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2023 Best Value Accounting Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

14 Colleges
$12,428 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$59,048 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Accounting Master's Degree School for You

With 586 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, accounting is the #12 most popular major in North Carolina.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Accounting Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in North Carolina to see which master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Accounting Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Accounting Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of North Carolina at Charlotte the best value school in North Carolina for accounting students working on their master’s degree. UNC Charlotte is a very large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNC Charlotte are $7,713 a year.

Full Accounting at University of North Carolina at Charlotte Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value accounting schools in North Carolina. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.

UNC Chapel Hill graduate students pay an average of $12,566 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UNC Chapel Hill did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

Read full report on Accounting at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Appalachian State University is a great value for accounting students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Appalachian State are $8,007 per year.

Read full report on Accounting at Appalachian State University

#4

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Out of the 14 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a very large student population.

ECU graduate students pay an average of $7,594 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Accounting at East Carolina University Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of North Carolina at Wilmington helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value accounting schools in North Carolina. Located in the medium-sized city of Wilmington, UNCW is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UNCW graduate students pay an average of $7,514 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Accounting at University of North Carolina at Wilmington Report

With a ranking of #6, University of North Carolina at Greensboro did quite well on this year’s best value schools for accounting students working on their master’s degree. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.

UNC Greensboro graduate students pay an average of $8,265 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Accounting at University of North Carolina at Greensboro Report

Western Carolina University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. WCU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Cullowhee.

WCU graduate students pay an average of $7,480 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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North Carolina A & T State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree accounting programs. NC A&T is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greensboro.

NC A&T graduate students pay an average of $7,938 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Accounting at North Carolina A & T State University Report

#9

Gardner - Webb University

Boiling Springs, NC

Gardner - Webb University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. Gardner - Webb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Boiling Springs.

Gardner - Webb graduate students pay an average of $10,130 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Accounting at Gardner - Webb University

#10

Wingate University

Wingate, NC

With a ranking of #10, Wingate University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for accounting students working on their master’s degree. Wingate is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Wingate.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wingate are $11,700 per year.

Wingate excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

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Best Value Accounting Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Accounting Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 559
Florida 982
Georgia 549
Tennessee 354
Kentucky 111
Louisiana 102
Alabama 395
South Carolina 192
Mississippi 306
Arkansas 81
West Virginia 83

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 14 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.

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