If you plan on majoring in accounting and finance, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #289 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 81 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of accounting and finance. Combined, these schools handed out 3,648 degrees in accounting and finance to qualified students.
The accounting and finance program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Accounting and Finance rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for accounting and finance schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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Best Schools for Accounting and Finance in the United States
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the accounting and finance degrees they offer, see the list below. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
It's hard to beat Bentley University if you want to pursue a degree in accounting and finance. Bentley is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Waltham. A Best Colleges rank of #32 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Bentley is a great university overall.
There were about 93 accounting and finance students who graduated with this degree at Bentley in the most recent year we have data available.
Texas A&M University - College Station is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in accounting and finance. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Texas A&M College Station is a great university overall.
There were approximately 118 accounting and finance students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent data year.
Vanderbilt University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in accounting and finance. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were approximately 8 accounting and finance students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Drexel University if you want to pursue a degree in accounting and finance. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #125 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Drexel is a great university overall.
There were about 190 accounting and finance students who graduated with this degree at Drexel in the most recent data year.
Located in the distant town of Lewisburg, Bucknell is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #66 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Bucknell is a great university overall.
There were roughly 79 accounting and finance students who graduated with this degree at Bucknell 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. This university ranks 5th out of 40 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were roughly 4 accounting and finance students who graduated with this degree at Drake in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Bronx, Fordham U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #109 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Fordham U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 55 accounting and finance students who graduated with this degree at Fordham U in the most recent data year.
Bryant is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Smithfield. A Best Colleges rank of #127 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Bryant is a great university overall.
There were approximately 7 accounting and finance students who graduated with this degree at Bryant in the most recent data year.
UMGC is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Adelphi. A Best Colleges rank of #150 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UMGC is a great university overall.
There were about 97 accounting and finance students who graduated with this degree at UMGC in the most recent data year.
Rider is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Lawrenceville. This university ranks 12th out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were roughly 3 accounting and finance students who graduated with this degree at Rider in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 17 schools for overall quality in the state of New Hampshire.
There were approximately 154 accounting and finance students who graduated with this degree at SNHU in the most recent year we have data available.
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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The accounting and finance program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Accounting and Finance rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for accounting and finance schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
