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Most Popular Online Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

2023 Most Popular Online Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Online Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 20 schools in the Southeast Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Accounting Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

Our analysis found George Mason University to be the most popular school for accounting students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 56% of the students majoring in accounting at the school are women while 44% are male.

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Out of the 20 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisiana at Monroe landed the # 2 spot on the list. ULM is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Monroe.

Of the 4 students majoring in accounting at ULM, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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#3

Belhaven University

Jackson, MS

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Belhaven University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best accounting schools in the Southeast Region . Belhaven is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Jackson.

About 67% of the students majoring in accounting at the school are women while 33% are male.

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#3

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Auburn, Auburn is a public school with a very large student population.

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#5

Gardner - Webb University

Boiling Springs, NC

Out of the 20 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Gardner - Webb University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Gardner - Webb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Boiling Springs.

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Out of the 20 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, American Public University System landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the fringe town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 20 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida National University - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. Florida National University - Main Campus is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Hialeah.

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#8

Brescia University

Owensboro, KY

Brescia University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate accounting programs. Located in the small city of Owensboro, Brescia University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Strayer University - Tennessee came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Strayer University - Tennessee is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Memphis.

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Strayer University - Virginia did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for accounting students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Strayer University - Virginia is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Arlington.

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Explore the most popular online accounting colleges 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

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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 20 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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