2023 Most Popular 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Accounting Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 635 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Accounting program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Accounting Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for accounting majors pursuing a .
Top 25 Most Popular Schools in Accounting
Our 2023 rankings named University of Phoenix - Arizona the most popular school in the United States for accounting students. Located in the large city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern New Hampshire University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Accounting Schools list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
The excellent programs at Western Governors University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best accounting schools in the United States. Located in the suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend DeVry University - Illinois. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Accounting Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of Chicago, DeVry University - Illinois is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Austin is a great place for accounting students. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.
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University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for accounting students. It came in at #6 on the list. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.
Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular accounting programs. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.
Florida Atlantic University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular accounting programs. FAU is a very large public school located in the small city of Boca Raton.
With a ranking of #9, The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for accounting students. Located in the medium-sized city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Accounting Schools list. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.
Baruch College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Accounting Schools ranking. Located in the city of New York, Baruch is a public college with a large student population.
Liberty University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for accounting students. It came in at #12 on the list. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
University of Houston ranked #13 on this year’s Most Popular Accounting Schools list. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public college with a very large student population.
University of Georgia came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Accounting Schools ranking. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a very large student population.
Rutgers University - Newark came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Accounting Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Newark, Rutgers Newark is a public college with a large student population.
University of Mississippi did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for accounting students. It came in at #16 on the list. Located in the remote town of University, Ole Miss is a public school with a very large student population.
Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #17 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular accounting programs. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Provo.
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With a ranking of #17, University of Connecticut did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for accounting students. UCONN is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.
Colorado State University - Global Campus ranked #19 on this year’s Most Popular Accounting Schools list. Colorado State University - Global Campus is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Greenwood Village.
With a ranking of #20, University of Massachusetts Amherst did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for accounting students. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.
University of Maryland Global Campus landed the #21 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular accounting programs. Located in the large suburb of Adelphi, UMGC is a public school with a very large student population.
New York University ranked #22 on this year’s Most Popular Accounting Schools list. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.
Texas Tech University landed the #23 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular accounting programs. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.
With a ranking of #24, University of Utah did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for accounting students. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a very large student population.
With a ranking of #25, Texas A&M University - Commerce did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for accounting students. Located in the town of Commerce, Texas A&M Commerce is a public school with a large student population.
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Rest of the Top 50 Most Popular Accounting Schools
Additional Award Winners
This list represents the rest of the colleges awarded a Most Popular Accounting Schools badge. Showing in this list means the school was ranked in the top 15% of the 635 different United States accounting schools we analyzed.
Honorable Mentions
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Accounting Schools award.
Accounting by Region
View the Most Popular Accounting Schools for a specific region near you.
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Accounting Related Majors
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 26 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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