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2023 Most Popular Accounting Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

53 Colleges
$59,048 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Accounting Master's Degree 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Most Popular Accounting Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 53 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which master's degree 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 Master's Degree Colleges.

#1

Touro University Worldwide

Los Alamitos, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Touro University Worldwide the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for accounting students working on their master’s degree. TUW is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Los Alamitos.

Of the 107 students majoring in accounting at TUW, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Full Accounting at Touro University Worldwide Report

#2

National University

La Jolla, CA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means National University is a great place for accounting students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

About 49% of the students majoring in accounting at the school are women while 51% are male.

Full Accounting at National University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

Full Accounting at University of Washington - Seattle Campus Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Northridge. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Northridge, CSUN is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 57% of the accounting majors at the school.

Full Accounting at California State University - Northridge Report

Out of the 53 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Las Vegas landed the # 5 spot on the list. UNLV is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas.

Of the 50 students majoring in accounting at UNLV, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Read full report on Accounting at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

With a ranking of #6, California State University - Fullerton did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for accounting students working on their master’s degree. Cal State Fullerton is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Fullerton.

Women make up 57% of the accounting majors at the school.

Full Accounting at California State University - Fullerton Report

With a ranking of #8, California State University - Long Beach did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for accounting students working on their master’s degree. CSULB is a very large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.

Of the 44 students majoring in accounting at CSULB, 52% are male and 48% are female.

Read full report on Accounting at California State University - Long Beach

University of California - Davis came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the suburb of Davis.

About 50% of the students majoring in accounting at the school are women while 50% are male.

Full Accounting at University of California - Davis Report

#10

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

With a ranking of #10, University of Oregon did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for accounting students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Eugene, UO is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 39% of the students majoring in accounting at the school are women while 61% are male.

Full Accounting at University of Oregon Report

Best Accounting Colleges by State

Explore the best accounting colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 893
Washington 168
Oregon 95
Nevada 73
Hawaii 22
Alaska 1

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 27 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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