2023 Most Popular Accounting Schools in Illinois
Finding the Best Accounting School for You
In 2020-2021, 750 degrees and certificates were awarded to accounting students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #15 most popular major in the state.
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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Accounting Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 22 schools in Illinois to see which 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.
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2023 Most Popular Accounting Schools in Illinois
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Accounting Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Accounting Schools
Our 2023 rankings named DeVry University - Illinois the most popular school in Illinois for accounting students. Located in the medium-sized city of Chicago, DeVry University - Illinois is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Accounting Schools in Illinois list. DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Illinois State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Accounting Schools in Illinois list. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a very large student population.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Accounting Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a large student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University Chicago. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Accounting Schools in Illinois list. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
Bradley University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Accounting Schools in Illinois list. Bradley is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Peoria.
University of Illinois at Springfield ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Accounting Schools in Illinois list. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, UIS is a public school with a small student population.
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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular accounting programs. Located in the large suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public school with a large student population.
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University of Illinois at Chicago ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Accounting Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a very large student population.
With a ranking of #10, Roosevelt University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for accounting students. Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
Best Accounting Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
Explore all the Most Popular Accounting Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Michigan | 406 |
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 |
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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 22 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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