2023 Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Finding the Best Accounting Graduate Certificate School for You
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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 22 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Accounting program at each school on the list.
2023 Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for accounting majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Top 10 Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named DeVry University - Illinois the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. DeVry University - Illinois is a fairly 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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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Purdue University Global is a great place for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. Purdue University Global is a fairly large public school located in the 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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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Indiana University - Northwest is a great place for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Gary, IU Northwest is a public college with a small student population.
Of the 9 students majoring in accounting at IU Northwest, 44% are male and 56% are female.
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Out of the 22 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Davenport University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Davenport University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Grand Rapids.
Of the 6 students majoring in accounting at Davenport University, 50% are male and 50% are female.
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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Indiana University - Southeast helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular accounting schools in the Great Lakes Region . Indiana University - Southeast is a small public school located in the large suburb of New Albany.
Of the 6 students majoring in accounting at Indiana University - Southeast, 67% are male and 33% are female.
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University of Southern Indiana came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the midsize suburb of Evansville, USI is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Women make up 50% of the accounting majors at the school.
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Purdue University Fort Wayne did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for accounting students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Fort Wayne, PFW is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
About 67% of the students majoring in accounting at the school are women while 33% are male.
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With a ranking of #8, Wayne State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. Wayne State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Detroit.
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DeVry University - Ohio did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for accounting students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Columbus, DeVry University - Ohio is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
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Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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Explore the best 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 |
Majors Related to Accounting
One of 21 majors within the area of study, accounting has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 22 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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