by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Accounting and Finance Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Accounting and Finance is the 289th most popular major in the country with 3,648 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 251 accounting and finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 45 accounting and finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Accounting and Finance Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in accounting and finance. To top this list, a school must have a successful accounting and finance program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree accounting and finance students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hiram College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Accounting and Finance Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Hiram, Ohio, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio Wesleyan University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Accounting and Finance Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Delaware, Ohio, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lourdes University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Accounting and Finance Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Sylvania, Ohio, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Accounting and Finance Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio Christian University landed the #4 spot on the list. OCU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Circleville, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Accounting and Finance Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Michigan University landed the #5 spot on the list. Northern Michigan University is located in Marquette, Michigan and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees to qualified students.
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Aquinas College Michigan landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Accounting and Finance Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Aquinas College Michigan is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Ferris State University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Accounting and Finance Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Big Rapids, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Cleary University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Accounting and Finance Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #8. Cleary University is a small school located in Howell, Michigan that handed out 0 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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