2024 Best Accounting Schools in the Plains States Region
136Colleges in the Plains States Region
5,810Accounting Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in accounting, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #7 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 136 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for accounting students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 5,810 degrees in accounting during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Your choice of accounting school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Accounting School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Accounting Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Accounting in the Plains States Region
The schools below may not offer all types of accounting degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Any student who is interested in accounting needs to check out Washington University in St Louis. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #17 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means WUSTL is a great university overall.
There were roughly 60 accounting students who graduated with this degree at WUSTL in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat University of Minnesota - Twin Cities if you want to pursue a degree in accounting. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #51 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were about 142 accounting students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in accounting has to take a look at University of Missouri - Columbia. Mizzou is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Columbia. A Best Colleges rank of #124 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Mizzou is a great university overall.
There were roughly 415 accounting students who graduated with this degree at Mizzou in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in accounting needs to take a look at Iowa State University. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #75 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Iowa State is a great university overall.
There were about 179 accounting students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Des Moines, Drake is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #224 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Drake is a great university overall.
There were roughly 37 accounting students who graduated with this degree at Drake in the most recent year we have data available.
Creighton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Omaha. A Best Colleges rank of #105 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Creighton is a great university overall.
There were about 63 accounting students who graduated with this degree at Creighton in the most recent data year.
KU is a very large public university located in the small city of Lawrence. A Best Colleges rank of #141 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means KU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 282 accounting students who graduated with this degree at KU in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #143 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UST MN is a great university overall.
There were approximately 70 accounting students who graduated with this degree at UST MN in the most recent data year.
Iowa is a fairly large public university located in the city of Iowa City. A Best Colleges rank of #84 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Iowa is a great university overall.
There were approximately 139 accounting students who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent year we have data available.
UNL is a very large public university located in the city of Lincoln. A Best Colleges rank of #138 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UNL is a great university overall.
There were about 171 accounting students who graduated with this degree at UNL in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Cedar Falls, UNI is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #199 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UNI is a great university overall.
There were roughly 1 accounting students who graduated with this degree at UNI in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the rural area of Rosemount, DCTC is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 18th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were approximately 25 accounting students who graduated with this degree at DCTC in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, Maryville U is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #202 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Maryville U is a great university overall.
There were about 120 accounting students who graduated with this degree at Maryville U in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of White Bear Lake, Century College is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 19th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were about 41 accounting students who graduated with this degree at Century College in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Ankeny, DMACC is a public college with a very large student population. This college ranks 12th out of 40 schools for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were approximately 66 accounting students who graduated with this degree at DMACC in the most recent data year.
K -State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Manhattan. This university ranks 2nd out of 47 schools for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were approximately 167 accounting students who graduated with this degree at K -State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of Grand Forks, UND is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #218 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UND is a great university overall.
There were about 111 accounting students who graduated with this degree at UND in the most recent year we have data available.
North Dakota State University is a large public university located in the city of Fargo. This university ranks 2nd out of 12 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Dakota.
There were approximately 47 accounting students who graduated with this degree at North Dakota State University in the most recent data year.
UMSL is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Saint Louis. This university ranks 10th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 120 accounting students who graduated with this degree at UMSL in the most recent data year.
Anoka-Ramsey Community College-Coon Rapids Campus is a medium-sized public college located in the large suburb of Coon Rapids. This college ranks 31st out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were approximately 24 accounting students who graduated with this degree at Anoka-Ramsey Community College-Coon Rapids Campus in the most recent year we have data available.
SLU is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Saint Louis. This university ranks 7th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 46 accounting students who graduated with this degree at SLU in the most recent year we have data available.
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Here are some additional great schools for Accounting students in the Plains States Region that almost earned our Best Accounting Schools in the Plains States Region award.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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Your choice of accounting school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Accounting School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
