Earlier this month we posted a list of the top 50 accounting schools in 2019 from online education platform Study.com, and based on the comments we received, I think many of you guys thought Study.com’s rankings sucked.
There were a lot of schools traditionally known for their top-notch accounting programs that were omitted, like Bentley University, Penn State University, University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Southern California (or any California university, for that matter).
Then there were schools on the list that usually aren’t known for being accountant-churning factories, like Truman State University, Grove City College, and Salisbury University. Even Adrienne said, “Who knew University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire had a decent accounting program?”
So today we’re giving you guys another top 50 accounting schools ranking to digest and dissect—this one from College Factual, an online database that offers statistics on universities. To come up with its ranking of the top 50 accounting colleges in 2019, College Factual considered such factors as graduate earnings, major focus percentage, related major concentration, accreditation, and overall college quality.
Here’s College Factual’s top 50 in 2019:
- Bentley University
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- University of Notre Dame
- Bryant University
- CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College
- Boston College
- Loyola University-Maryland
- Binghamton University
- Fairfield University
- Villanova University
- University of Southern California
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Pennsylvania
- Lehigh University
- University of San Diego
- University of Maryland-College Park
- Michigan State University
- Fordham University
- University of Richmond
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)
- James Madison University
- University of Connecticut
- Brigham Young University-Provo
- University of Denver
- DePaul University
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Rutgers University
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Washington and Lee University
- Southern Methodist University
- Wake Forest University
- University of Miami
- Elon University
- University of Georgia
- Texas A&M University-College Station
- University of Delaware
- University of Florida
- Texas Christian University
- Ohio State University
- Georgetown University
- Marquette University
- Baylor University
- University of Texas at Dallas
- SUNY at Albany
- Case Western Reserve University
- Siena College
- Pennsylvania State University-University Park (Penn State)
- University of Washington-Seattle
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Santa Clara University
A few quick thoughts:
- By my count, there are 10 accounting programs that made both Study.com’s and College Factual’s lists (University of Texas at Dallas, SUNY at Albany, Brigham Young University-Provo, Texas A&M University, Michigan State University, Ohio State University, University of Georgia, Virginia Tech, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and University of Florida).
- Hey, three California universities made this list! As did Bentley University, University of Texas at Austin, Penn State University, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. And we can’t forget Wake Forest University.
- Of the major athletic conferences, the Big 10 has the most schools on this list with seven, followed by the ACC and the Big East with four, and the SEC with three.
Feel free to gloat if your alma mater is on this list, and let us know if anything else in this ranking stands out as odd to you.
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Where Did Your Alma Mater Rank In This List of the Top 50 Accounting Schools In 2019?
