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2023 Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Finding the Best Accounting Graduate Certificate School for You

Accounting is the #17 most popular major in the country with 19,309 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the Southwest 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 Southwest Region .

Our 2023 rankings named University of Phoenix - Arizona the most popular school in the Southwest Region for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. UOPX - Arizona is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Tempe.

About 78% of the students majoring in accounting at the school are women while 22% are male.

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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

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

Women make up 15% of the accounting majors at the school.

Full Accounting at Texas Tech University Report

#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Out of the 14 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the # 3 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Tucson.

Of the 17 students majoring in accounting at University of Arizona, 29% are male and 71% are female.

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#4

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Lamar University is a great place for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Beaumont, Lamar University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Accounting at Lamar University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Highlands University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the town of Las Vegas, New Mexico Highlands University is a public college with a small student population.

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Strayer University - Texas landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate accounting programs. Strayer University - Texas is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Austin.

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#6

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, OK

With a ranking of #6, University of Tulsa did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Tulsa, University of Tulsa is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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University of Central Oklahoma ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the suburb of Edmond, UCO is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Accounting at University of Central Oklahoma

With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. UT Dallas is a very large public school located in the city of Richardson.

Full Accounting at The University of Texas at Dallas Report

University of North Texas landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate accounting programs. UNT is a very large public school located in the city of Denton.

Read full report on Accounting at University of North Texas

Best Accounting Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Texas 2,271
Arizona 637
Oklahoma 231
New Mexico 61

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

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 14 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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