2025 Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Virginia

Ranked #13 in popularity, accounting is one of the most sought-after associate degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Virginia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 174 associate degrees in accounting during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Accounting School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of accounting for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality accounting program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on accounting students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other accounting students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for accounting to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized accounting related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for accounting students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Accounting Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Virginia list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Accounting in Virginia

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in accounting.

Top Virginia Schools for an Associate in Accounting

1

Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale, VA

45 Annual Graduates

Northern Virginia Community College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in accounting. Northern Virginia Community College is a fairly large public college located in the suburb of Annandale.More information about a associate in accounting from Northern Virginia Community College

2

Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA

36 Annual Graduates

$40,500 Median Starting Salary

Liberty University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in accounting. Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Lynchburg.

Accounting associate degree recipients from Liberty University get an earnings boost of around $4,995 over the typical earnings of accounting majors.

More information about a associate in accounting from Liberty University

3

Tidewater Community College
Norfolk, VA

17 Annual Graduates

$29,056 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in accounting needs to check out Tidewater Community College. Located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk, Tidewater Community College is a public college with a large student population.

Associate students who receive their degree from the accounting program earn about $29,056 in their early career salary.

More information about a associate in accounting from Tidewater Community College

4

Reynolds Community College
Richmond, VA

10 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in accounting needs to check out Reynolds Community College. Reynolds Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the suburb of Richmond.More information about a associate in accounting from Reynolds Community College

Best Accounting Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Accounting Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	143	118
Georgia	121	413
Florida	121	417
North Carolina	120	475
Arkansas	105	18
Tennessee	102	39
West Virginia	92	115
Kentucky	90	19
Louisiana	80	91
South Carolina	77	176
Alabama	69	33

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Accounting Related Rankings by Major

One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Accounting has other similar majors worth exploring.

Accounting Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Accounting and Related Services	128
Accounting	38
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	8

Majors Similar to Accounting

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	1,834
General Business/Commerce	276
Business Support & Assistant Services	118
Management Information Systems	41
Hospitality Management	25
Marketing	6
Human Resource Management	4

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Pixabay. More about our data sources and methodologies.