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2023 Most Popular Online Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest 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. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Southwest 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for accounting majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Phoenix - Arizona the most popular online school in the Southwest Region for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. UOPX - Arizona is a very large private for-profit school located in the large city of Tempe.

About 78% of the students majoring in accounting at the school are women while 22% are male.

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#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Out of the 5 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the # 2 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Tucson.

Of the 17 students majoring in accounting at University of Arizona, 29% are male and 71% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Highlands University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the town of Las Vegas, New Mexico Highlands University is a public college with a small student population.

Full Accounting at New Mexico Highlands University Report

#4

Mid-America Christian University

Oklahoma City, OK

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mid-America Christian University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. MACU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Oklahoma City.

Full Accounting at Mid-America Christian University Report

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Strayer University - Texas helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best accounting schools in the Southwest Region . Strayer University - Texas is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Austin.

Full Accounting at Strayer University - Texas Report

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 7,220
Arizona 2,243
Oklahoma 1,069
New Mexico 224

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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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