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2023 Most Popular Accounting Schools in Minnesota

11 Colleges
$46,497 Avg Salary
$29,801 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Accounting School for You

With 196 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, accounting is the #31 most popular major in Minnesota.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Accounting Schools in Minnesota to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 11 schools in Minnesota 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.

Check out the accounting programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Minnesota.

Our 2023 rankings named Minnesota State University - Mankato the most popular school in Minnesota for accounting students. Located in the small city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public college with a large student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a great place for accounting students. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public school located in the city of Minneapolis.

Full Accounting at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Accounting Schools in Minnesota list. SMU MN is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Winona.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St Thomas Minnesota. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Accounting Schools in Minnesota list. UST MN is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.

Full Accounting at University of St Thomas Minnesota Report

#6

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

With a ranking of #6, Capella University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for accounting students. Capella University is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.

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Minnesota State University - Moorhead came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Accounting Schools in Minnesota ranking. Located in the suburb of Moorhead, MSU Moorhead is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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#8

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, MN

St Catherine University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular accounting programs. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, St. Kate's is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Full Accounting at St Catherine University Report

Winona State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Accounting Schools in Minnesota ranking. Located in the town of Winona, Winona State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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#8

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN

Saint Cloud State University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Accounting Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the city of Saint Cloud, St. Cloud State University is a public college with a large student population.

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Best Accounting Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Accounting Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 636
Iowa 129
Kansas 277
Nebraska 74
North Dakota 47
South Dakota 37

Accounting is one of 20 different types of programs to choose from.

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 11 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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