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

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

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.

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

Our analysis found DeVry University - Illinois to be the most popular school for accounting students who want to pursue a 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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University Global. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. 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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Out of the 22 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Northwest landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Gary, IU Northwest is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 9 students majoring in accounting at IU Northwest, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Full Accounting at Indiana University - Northwest Report

#4

Davenport University

Grand Rapids, MI

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Davenport University is a great place for accounting students working on their graduate certificate. Davenport University is a medium-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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Southeast. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Indiana University - Southeast is a small public school located in the 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 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 #6 on the list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Evansville, USI is a public college with a moderately-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 large city of Fort Wayne, PFW is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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

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#8

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

Wayne State University 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 #8 on the list. Wayne State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Detroit.

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#9

DeVry University - Ohio

Columbus, OH

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 small student population.

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Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Accounting Colleges by State

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

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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