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June 30, 2009

What are the top accounting schools?

Many colleges and universities use their former students’ pass rates from earlier CPA Exams as an indicator of being a top accounting school. I recommend that you expand the criteria for finding the accounting school that is best for you. I recommend that you consider a college that

1) is accredited by an organization such as AACSB

2) has admissions criteria that you can meet

3) is staffed by professional instructors with a passion for teaching

4) has student organizations in accounting and other areas that will allow you to gain leadership and other skills

5) has a vibrant campus placement or career services office with a track record of placing accounting students in the professional positions that you seek.

Here’s my point. What if many of the top performers on the CPA Exam graduated from universities that are not located near your residence and those universities have extremely high admissions standards? What if those universities allow only a small percentage of its students to enroll in the intermediate and advanced accounting courses and those courses have very strict grading standards? I suspect that the graduates of these programs will have outstanding results on the CPA Exam. Those schools can be labeled as “top” but those schools might not be what’s best for you. Hence, my suggestion that you look at additional criteria.

To help you identify a college accounting program that is appropriate for you, we recently expanded the AccountingCoach.com website to include an Accounting Career Center. There you will find more details on selecting a college for studying accounting, direct links to the accounting departments at 700 colleges and universities in the U.S., information on the CPA Exam, a discussion of accounting jobs and opportunities, and more.

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13 Responses to “What are the top accounting schools?”

  1. Bart on June 30th, 2009 5:11 pm

    1 - University of Texas at Austin
    2 - Brigham Young University
    3 - Chicago

    Then again, like you said, other programs may make more sense. Recruiters are fairly regional in their focus, so getting the job you want in the location you want may be just as easy or easier when you go to the best school in your region.

  2. Mike on June 30th, 2009 9:35 pm

    With school prestige not being nearly as important in accounting as in other fields, students should also consider the large differences in tuition costs between most public and private universities.

  3. Abdulrahman on July 2nd, 2009 1:47 am

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  9. loulu on July 6th, 2009 8:39 pm

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  10. Tony on July 10th, 2009 12:45 am

    I hear that Baruch College is a great school. The school is very well respected in the business community. Its also very inexpensive. There are credit and non-credit programs. For the non-credit stuff you can go to http://accounting.baruched.com. The credit and degree bearing programs are on their main site http://www.baruch.cuny.edu

    There are also online courses there too…

    best of luck.

  11. manny on July 10th, 2009 9:42 am

    is manchester college indiana among the top accounting schools in usa.and is it accredited for that.thanks

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