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Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

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2023 Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

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

Finding the Best Accounting Graduate Certificate School for You

With 559 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, accounting is the #19 most popular major in Virginia.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Virginia to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top Virginia Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Accounting

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

Our 2023 rankings named George Mason University the best school in Virginia for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. GMU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Fairfax.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list. VCU is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Richmond.

After completing their Graduate Certificate, accounting graduates from VCU carry an average student debtload of $33,452.

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Best Accounting Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
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

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

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 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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