2023 Most Popular Accounting Schools in the Great Lakes Region
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The Most Popular Accounting Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 88 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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 Great Lakes Region
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for accounting majors pursuing a .
Top 15% Most Popular Accounting Schools
Our 2023 rankings named DeVry University - Illinois the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for accounting students. Located in the city of Chicago, DeVry University - Illinois is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Out of the 88 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University Global landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Indianapolis, Purdue University Global is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out of the 88 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the # 3 spot on the list. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Accounting Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
The excellent programs at Walsh College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best accounting schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the small city of Troy, Walsh is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Bowling Green State University - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Accounting Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a large student population.
Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular accounting programs. IWU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Marion.
Read full report on Accounting at Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for accounting students. It came in at #8 on the list. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.
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Davenport University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Accounting Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large suburb of Grand Rapids, Davenport University is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
Illinois State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for accounting students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a very large student population.
With a ranking of #11, Miami University - Oxford did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for accounting students. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large public school located in the fringe town of Oxford.
Cleveland State 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 large city of Cleveland, Cleveland State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Read full report on Accounting at Cleveland State University
Ohio University - Athens Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for accounting students. It came in at #13 on the list. OHIO Athens is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Athens.
Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional popular schools for Accounting students in the Great Lakes Region that almost earned our Most Popular Accounting Schools in the Great Lakes Region award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | University of Cincinnati - Main Campus | Cincinnati, OH |
| 14 | Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland, OH |
| 16 | Southern Illinois University Carbondale | Carbondale, IL |
| 17 | Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis | Indianapolis, IN |
Best Accounting Colleges by State
Explore the best accounting colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 406 |
| Illinois | 750 |
| Ohio | 470 |
| Indiana | 382 |
| Wisconsin | 146 |
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 25 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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