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2023 Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

46 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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 46 schools in the Southeast 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.

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

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

Our 2023 rankings named George Mason University the most popular school in the Southeast Region for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 52 students majoring in accounting at GMU, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Full Accounting at George Mason University Report

#2

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Louisville is a great place for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Louisville, UofL is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 75% of the accounting majors at the school.

Read full report on Accounting at University of Louisville

#3

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Miami. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 15 students majoring in accounting at U Miami, 67% are male and 33% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Richmond, VCU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 55% of the accounting majors at the school.

Accounting majors at VCU take out an average of $33,452 in student loans while working on their Graduate Certificate.

Full Accounting at Virginia Commonwealth University Report

#5

Bellarmine University

Louisville, KY

Out of the 46 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bellarmine University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Bellarmine U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Louisville.

Women make up 25% of the accounting majors at the school.

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#6

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, GA

With a ranking of #6, Georgia Southern University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the distant town of Statesboro, GaSou is a public college with a very large student population.

About 60% of the students majoring in accounting at the school are women while 40% are male.

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University of Louisiana at Monroe ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. ULM is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Monroe.

Women make up 75% of the accounting majors at the school.

Full Accounting at University of Louisiana at Monroe Report

#8

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

Auburn 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 small city of Auburn, Auburn is a public college with a very large student population.

Read full report on Accounting at Auburn University

#8

Belhaven University

Jackson, MS

Belhaven University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Belhaven is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Jackson.

Of the 3 students majoring in accounting at Belhaven, 33% are male and 67% are female.

Read full report on Accounting at Belhaven University

Middle Tennessee State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Middle Tennessee State University is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Murfreesboro.

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

Full Accounting at Middle Tennessee State University Report

Best Accounting Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 559
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

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

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 46 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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