2025 Best Accounting Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana

If you pursue a master's degree in accounting, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #10 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Accounting Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 91 master's degrees in accounting to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Accounting School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of accounting for getting your master's 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

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's 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 master's 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 master's 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 master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Accounting Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Accounting Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Accounting in Louisiana

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for accounting students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Louisiana Schools for a Master's in Accounting

1

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA

31 Annual Graduates

$67,086 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College if you wish to pursue a master's degree in accounting. Louisiana State University is a fairly large public university located in the city of Baton Rouge.

Those accounting students who get their master's degree from Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College earn $3,671 more than the standard accounting graduate.

More information about a master’s in accounting from Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

2

Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA

34 Annual Graduates

$62,007 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat Louisiana Tech University if you want to pursue a master's degree in accounting. Located in the town of Ruston, Louisiana Tech is a public university with a large student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the accounting program state that they receive average early career income of $62,007.

More information about a master’s in accounting from Louisiana Tech University

3

University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, LA

16 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Louisiana at Lafayette if you wish to pursue a master's degree in accounting. UL Lafayette is a large public university located in the midsize city of Lafayette.More information about a master’s in accounting from University of Louisiana at Lafayette

4

University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA

10 Annual Graduates

$61,152 Median Starting Salary

University of New Orleans is a good choice for students interested in a master's degree in accounting. UNO is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of New Orleans.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the accounting program make about $61,152 in the first couple years of working.

More information about a master’s in accounting from University of New Orleans

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
Florida	208	966
Georgia	190	541
Virginia	182	496
North Carolina	178	585
Tennessee	166	351
Alabama	151	390
Kentucky	147	87
South Carolina	146	191
Mississippi	145	301
Arkansas	121	81
West Virginia	112	82

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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
Accounting	91

Majors Similar to Accounting

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	3,259
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	249
General Business/Commerce	160
Human Resource Management	122
Finance & Financial Management	102
Business/Corporate Communications	27
Other Business, Management & Marketing	24
Hospitality Management	17
International Business	17
Taxation	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.