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2023 Best Value Accounting Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

7 Colleges
$14,736 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$59,048 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Accounting Master's Degree School for You

With 196 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, accounting is the #31 most popular major in Minnesota.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Minnesota ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in Minnesota 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. 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.

2023 Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for accounting majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Minnesota Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Accounting

Our 2023 rankings named Minnesota State University - Mankato the best value school in Minnesota for accounting students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 a year.

Full Accounting at Minnesota State University - Mankato Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value accounting schools in Minnesota. SMU MN is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Winona.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SMU MN are $10,890 a year.

Full Accounting at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at Minnesota State University - Moorhead helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value accounting schools in Minnesota. Located in the midsize suburb of Moorhead, MSU Moorhead is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at MSU Moorhead are $11,052 per year.

Full Accounting at Minnesota State University - Moorhead Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

UMN Twin Cities graduate students pay an average of $19,494 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UMN Twin Cities also made our Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list, coming in at #2.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St Thomas Minnesota. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. UST MN is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Paul.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UST MN are $23,736 a year.

UST MN also made our Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list, coming in at #1.

Full Accounting at University of St Thomas Minnesota Report

#7

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Capella University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree accounting programs. Capella University is a very large private for-profit school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Capella University are $14,784 per year.

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Best Value Accounting Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 636
Iowa 129
Kansas 277
Nebraska 74
North Dakota 47
South Dakota 37

Accounting is one of 20 different types of programs to choose from.

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 7 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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