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Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

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2023 Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

2 Colleges
$55,627 Avg Salary
$24,928 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Accounting Graduate Certificate School for You

Accounting is one of the most popular subjects to study in Illinois. With 3,151 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 9th out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top Illinois Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Accounting

Our 2023 rankings named DeVry University - Illinois the best school in Illinois for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. DeVry University - Illinois is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Read full report on Accounting at DeVry University - Illinois

Out of the 2 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St Francis landed the # 2 spot on the list. University of Saint Francis is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Joliet.

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Best Accounting Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Accounting Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 2,435
Ohio 3,278
Indiana 1,707
Wisconsin 1,606

One of 21 majors within the area of study, accounting has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Accounting

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 2 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).
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