2023 Most Focused Colleges for Accounting and Business/Management in Virginia

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Accounting and Business/Management Major in Virginia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Accounting and Business/Management is the 374th most popular major in the country with 1,538 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across Virginia, there were 59 accounting and business/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Accounting and Business/Management Major in Virginia” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in accounting and business/management. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in accounting and business/management.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools Highly Focused on Accounting and Business/Management Major in Virginia

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia accounting and business/management students.

Top 3 Most Focused Colleges for Accounting and Business/Management in Virginia

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Bryant & Stratton College - Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach, Virginia

$32,775 Average Early-Career Earnings

$20,570 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bryant & Stratton College - Virginia Beach. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Accounting and Business/Management Major in Virginia. This small school is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and it awarded 3 ’s accounting and business/management degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Bryant & Stratton College - Virginia Beach Accounting and Business/Management Report

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Washington and Lee University
Lexington, Virginia

#3 overall quality in Virginia

$54,673 Average Early-Career Earnings

$45,828 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Accounting and Business/Management Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington and Lee University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Lexington, Virginia, and it awarded 37 ’s accounting and business/management degrees in 2021-2022.

With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Accounting and Business/Management at Washington and Lee University

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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