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2023 Best Accounting Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

3 Colleges
$62,466 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Accounting Doctor's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, accounting was ranked #17 in the country. In fact 19,309 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

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.

The Best Accounting Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in Accounting

#1

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Alabama the best school in the Southeast Region for accounting students working on their doctor’s degree. UA is a very large public school located in the small city of Tuscaloosa.

Read full report on Accounting at The University of Alabama

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a great place for accounting students working on their doctor’s degree. Louisiana State University is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Georgia State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Georgia State is a very large public school located in the city of Atlanta.

Full Accounting at Georgia State University Report

Best Accounting Colleges by State

Explore the best accounting colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 559
Florida 982
Georgia 549
North Carolina 586
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 3 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).
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