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2023 Most Popular Online Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

With 99,265 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, accounting is the #8 most popular major in the United States.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Most Popular Online Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online accounting graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Great Lakes Region .

Our analysis found DeVry University - Illinois to be the most popular school for accounting students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . DeVry University - Illinois is a very large private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Chicago.

About 68% of the students majoring in accounting at the school are women while 32% are male.

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#2

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, IN

Out of the 5 online programs at schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University Global landed the # 2 spot on the list. Purdue University Global is a very large public school located in the small city of Indianapolis.

Of the 16 students majoring in accounting at Purdue University Global, 31% are male and 69% are female.

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#3

Davenport University

Grand Rapids, MI

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Davenport University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best accounting schools in the Great Lakes Region . Davenport University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Grand Rapids.

Of the 6 students majoring in accounting at Davenport University, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Full Accounting at Davenport University Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of St Francis is a great place for accounting students working on their online graduate certificate. University of Saint Francis is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Joliet.

Full Accounting at University of St Francis Report

#5

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Michigan State University is a great place for accounting students working on their online graduate certificate. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the city of East Lansing.

Read full report on Accounting at Michigan State University

Explore the most popular online accounting colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 2,435
Ohio 3,278
Illinois 3,151
Indiana 1,707
Wisconsin 1,606

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

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 5 schools only.

  • 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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