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2023 Most Popular Accounting Schools in Illinois

22 Colleges
$51,906 Avg Salary
$26,181 Avg Student Debt

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.

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

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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#2

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

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.

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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.

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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.

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#6

Bradley University

Peoria, IL

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.

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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.

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#10

Roosevelt University

Chicago, IL

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.

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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
Michigan 406
Ohio 470
Indiana 382
Wisconsin 146

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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