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Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

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2023 Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

2 Colleges
$55,627 Avg Salary
$24,928 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Accounting Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 750 degrees and certificates were awarded to accounting students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #15 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best for accounting majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top Illinois Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Accounting

Our 2023 rankings named DeVry University - Illinois the best school in Illinois for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Chicago, DeVry University - Illinois is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

Read full report on Accounting at DeVry University - Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St Francis. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Located in the suburb of Joliet, University of Saint Francis is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Full Accounting at University of St Francis Report

Best Accounting Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 406
Ohio 470
Indiana 382
Wisconsin 146

One of 20 majors within the area of study, accounting has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 2 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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