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Best Accounting Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

2023 Best Accounting Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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$62,466 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Accounting Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 99,265 accounting students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #8 most popular in the country.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Accounting Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Check out the accounting doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in Accounting

#1

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL

Our analysis found The University of Alabama to be the best school for accounting students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southeast Region . UA is a very large public school located in the small city of Tuscaloosa.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a great place for accounting students working on their doctor’s degree. Louisiana State University is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Georgia State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Atlanta.

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Best Accounting Colleges by State

Explore the best accounting schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 2,330
Virginia 1,921
North Carolina 2,114
Florida 3,746
Tennessee 1,225
Kentucky 772
South Carolina 988
Louisiana 885
Arkansas 626
Alabama 1,557
Mississippi 1,081
West Virginia 520

Accounting is one of 21 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 416,590
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 43,382

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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.

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