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2023 Most Popular Accounting Master's Degree Schools in West Virginia

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Finding the Best Accounting Master's Degree School for You

Accounting is the #27 most popular major in West Virginia with 83 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Accounting Master's Degree Schools in West Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in West Virginia 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.

Check out the accounting master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in West Virginia.

#1

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

Our 2023 rankings named West Virginia University the most popular school in West Virginia for accounting students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Morgantown, WVU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 48% of the accounting majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Public University System. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia list. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

About 56% of the students majoring in accounting at the school are women while 44% are male.

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#3

Marshall University

Huntington, WV

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Marshall University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular accounting schools in West Virginia. Marshall University is a large public school located in the city of Huntington.

Of the 15 students majoring in accounting at Marshall University, 47% are male and 53% are female.

Read full report on Accounting at Marshall University

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Strayer University - West Virginia is a great place for accounting students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize suburb of Scott Depot, Strayer University - West Virginia is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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#4

Wheeling University

Wheeling, WV

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Wheeling University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular accounting schools in West Virginia. Located in the city of Wheeling, Wheeling University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Full Accounting at Wheeling University Report

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State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 559
Florida 982
Georgia 549
North Carolina 586
Tennessee 354
Kentucky 111
Louisiana 102
Alabama 395
South Carolina 192
Mississippi 306
Arkansas 81

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 5 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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