2023 Best Accounting Master's Degree Schools
Finding the Best Accounting Master's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 99,265 accounting students received their degrees and certificates, making the major the #8 most popular in the country.
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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Accounting Master's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 508 schools in the United States to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.
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2023 Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in the United States
Check out the accounting master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.
Top 25 Top Schools for a Master's in Accounting
Our analysis found University of Notre Dame to be the best school for accounting students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Notre Dame.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools list. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Emory University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best accounting schools in the United States. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Atlanta.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Vanderbilt University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best accounting schools in the United States. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Nashville.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Austin is a great place for accounting students working on their master’s degree. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.
Lehigh University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for accounting students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Lehigh is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Bethlehem.
New York University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools list. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.
With a ranking of #8, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill did quite well on this year’s best schools for accounting students working on their master’s degree. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the small city of Chapel Hill.
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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ranked #9 on this year’s Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools list. U-M is a very large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.
Indiana University - Bloomington did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for accounting students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public school with a very large student population.
University of Scranton did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for accounting students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #11 on the list. Located in the city of Scranton, University of Scranton is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
With a ranking of #12, Washington University in St Louis did quite well on this year’s best schools for accounting students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
With a ranking of #13, Villanova University did quite well on this year’s best schools for accounting students working on their master’s degree. Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Villanova.
With a ranking of #14, Rutgers University - Newark did quite well on this year’s best schools for accounting students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Newark, Rutgers Newark is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree accounting programs. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.
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Virginia Tech came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #17 on this year’s Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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Wake Forest University landed the #18 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree accounting programs. Wake Forest University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Winston-Salem.
Fairfield University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for accounting students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #19 on the list. Fairfield U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Fairfield.
James Madison University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for accounting students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #20 on the list. JMU is a very large public school located in the small city of Harrisonburg.
Texas Christian University ranked #21 on this year’s Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
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With a ranking of #22, University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for accounting students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Saint Mary’s College of California came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools ranking. SMC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Moraga.
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University of California - Davis came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools ranking. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo landed the #25 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree accounting programs. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo.
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Rest of the Top 50 Best Accounting Master's Degree Schools
Additional Award Winners
This list represents the remainder of the colleges awarded a Best Accounting Master's Degree Schools badge. Showing in this list means the school was ranked in the top 15% of the 508 different United States accounting schools we analyzed.
Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional great schools for Accounting students that almost earned our Best Accounting Master's Degree Schools award.
Accounting by Region
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Accounting Related Rankings by Major
Accounting is one of 21 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related 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 25 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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