2023 Best Accounting Schools
Finding the Best Accounting School for You
In 2020-2021, 19,309 people earned a degree or certificate in accounting, making the major the #17 most popular in the United States.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Accounting Schools ranking. This report analyzed 536 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best programs for students.
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2023 Best Accounting Schools in the United States
Check out the accounting programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.
Top 25 Top Schools in Accounting
Our 2023 rankings named University of Notre Dame the best school in the United States for accounting students. Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Notre Dame.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Pennsylvania is a great place for accounting students. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.
Out of the 536 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Santa Clara University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
Out of the 536 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Emory is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Atlanta.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Vanderbilt University is a great place for accounting students. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.
The University of Texas at Austin ranked #6 on this year’s Best Accounting Schools list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.
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Lehigh University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best accounting programs. Lehigh is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Bethlehem.
Linfield University - Online and Continuing Education ranked #8 on this year’s Best Accounting Schools list. Located in the distant town of McMinnville, Linfield OCE is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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New York University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for accounting students. It came in at #9 on the list. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best accounting programs. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the small city of Chapel Hill.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ranked #11 on this year’s Best Accounting Schools list. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.
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With a ranking of #12, Indiana University - Bloomington did quite well on this year’s best schools for accounting students. Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a fairly large student population.
University of Scranton did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for accounting students. It came in at #13 on the list. Located in the small city of Scranton, University of Scranton is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
With a ranking of #14, Washington University in St Louis did quite well on this year’s best schools for accounting students. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
Villanova University ranked #15 on this year’s Best Accounting Schools list. Villanova is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Villanova.
With a ranking of #16, Rutgers University - Newark did quite well on this year’s best schools for accounting students. Located in the large city of Newark, Rutgers Newark is a public school with a fairly large student population.
With a ranking of #17, University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well on this year’s best schools for accounting students. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison.
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With a ranking of #18, Virginia Tech did quite well on this year’s best schools for accounting students. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.
With a ranking of #19, Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well on this year’s best schools for accounting students. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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Wake Forest University landed the #20 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best accounting programs. Wake Forest University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Winston-Salem.
Fairfield University came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Best Accounting Schools ranking. Fairfield U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Fairfield.
James Madison University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for accounting students. It came in at #22 on the list. JMU is a very large public school located in the city of Harrisonburg.
Texas Christian University ranked #23 on this year’s Best Accounting Schools list. Located in the city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus ranked #24 on this year’s Best Accounting Schools list. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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Saint Mary’s College of California came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Best Accounting Schools ranking. SMC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Moraga.
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Rest of the Top 50 Best Accounting Schools
Additional Award Winners
This list shows the remainder of the colleges awarded a Best Accounting Schools badge. Showing in this list means the school was ranked in the top 15% of the 536 different United States accounting schools we analyzed.
Honorable Mentions
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Accounting Schools award.
Accounting by Region
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Accounting Related Rankings by Major
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 25 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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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