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2023 Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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

Finding the Best Accounting Graduate Certificate 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.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the New England Region 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.

Check out the accounting graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the New England Region .

Our 2023 rankings named University of Connecticut the most popular school in the New England Region for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. UCONN is a very large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.

About 41% of the students majoring in accounting at the school are women while 59% are male.

Full Accounting at University of Connecticut Report

Out of the 17 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern New Hampshire University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

About 59% of the students majoring in accounting at the school are women while 41% are male.

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#3

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Out of the 17 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

About 36% of the students majoring in accounting at the school are women while 64% are male.

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#4

Post University

Waterbury, CT

Out of the 17 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Post University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Waterbury, Post University is a private for-profit college with a large student population.

Of the 9 students majoring in accounting at Post University, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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#5

Champlain College

Burlington, VT

Out of the 17 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Champlain College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Champlain is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Burlington.

Women make up 43% of the accounting majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. UMass Dartmouth is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of North Dartmouth.

About 57% of the students majoring in accounting at the school are women while 43% are male.

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#7

University of Hartford

West Hartford, CT

University of Hartford did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for accounting students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. UHart is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of West Hartford.

Women make up 20% of the accounting majors at the school.

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Central Connecticut State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. CCSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of New Britain.

About 75% of the students majoring in accounting at the school are women while 25% are male.

Full Accounting at Central Connecticut State University Report

Southern Connecticut State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for accounting students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of New Haven, SCSU is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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#10

Suffolk University

Boston, MA

With a ranking of #10, Suffolk University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. Suffolk is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

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

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Best Accounting Colleges by State

Explore the best accounting schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 669
Connecticut 519
Rhode Island 78
New Hampshire 428
Maine 28
Vermont 36

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 17 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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