2023 Best Value Accounting Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Accounting Master's Degree School for You
Accounting is the #17 most popular major in the country with 19,309 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Accounting Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 58 schools in the Southwest Region 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.
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.
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2023 Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
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 2023 rankings named West Texas A&M University the best value school in the Southwest Region for accounting students working on their master’s degree. Located in the fringe town of Canyon, West Texas A&M University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at West Texas A&M University are $8,574 per year.
Out of the 58 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma Christian University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Edmond, OC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
OC graduate students pay an average of $11,250 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Lubbock Christian University is a great value for accounting students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Lubbock, LCU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at LCU are $9,540 a year.
Out of the 58 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 a year.
UT Austin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Oklahoma City University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value accounting schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Oklahoma City, OCU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
OCU graduate students pay an average of $13,410 in tuition and fees each year.
Grand Canyon University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Grand Canyon University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Phoenix.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Grand Canyon University are $11,538 per year.
Texas A&M University - Commerce 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 #7 on the list. Texas A&M Commerce is a large public school located in the town of Commerce.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M Commerce are $14,682 a year.
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Texas Tech University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $17,698 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Texas Tech also did well on our Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Northeastern State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree accounting programs. NSU is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Tahlequah.
NSU graduate students pay an average of $10,911 in tuition and fees each year.
Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the city of College Station.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 a year.
Texas A&M College Station also took the #5 spot in our Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.
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Best Accounting Colleges by State
Explore the best accounting schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 2,271 |
| Arizona | 637 |
| Oklahoma | 231 |
| New Mexico | 61 |
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Accounting Related Majors for Accounting
Accounting is one of 20 different types of programs to choose from.
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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