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2023 Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in California

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

Finding the Best Accounting Graduate Certificate School for You

With 893 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, accounting is the #30 most popular major in California.

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.

The Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in California to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Accounting program at each school on the list.

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

#1

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

Our analysis found Santa Clara University to be the most popular school for accounting students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. Located in the medium-sized city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 50% of the accounting majors at the school.

While working on their Graduate Certificate, accounting majors at SCU accumulate an average of around $18,093 in student debt.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Los Angeles. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Golden Gate University - San Francisco. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

About 50% of the students majoring in accounting at the school are women while 50% are male.

Full Accounting at Golden Gate University - San Francisco Report

#3

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

Out of the 11 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, San Francisco State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a very large student population.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at San Jose State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular accounting schools in California. San Jose State is a very large public school located in the city of San Jose.

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Out of the 11 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, DeVry University - California landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Pomona, DeVry University - California is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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Out of the 11 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Dominguez Hills landed the # 5 spot on the list. CSUDH is a fairly large public school located in the city of Carson.

Full Accounting at California State University - Dominguez Hills Report

#8

Pacific States University

Los Angeles, CA

Pacific States University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Pacific States University is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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#8

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

With a ranking of #8, San Diego State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Accounting at San Diego State University Report

With a ranking of #8, California State University - San Marcos did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of San Marcos, CSUSM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Accounting at California State University - San Marcos

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 168
Oregon 95
Nevada 73
Hawaii 22
Alaska 1

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 11 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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