2024 Best Accounting and Finance Schools in the New England Region
8Colleges in the New England Region
404Accounting and Finance Degrees Awarded
A degree in accounting and finance is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #289 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 8 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Accounting and Finance Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 404 degrees in accounting and finance during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The accounting and finance program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Accounting and Finance rankings. For our Best Overall Accounting and Finance School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Accounting and Finance Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Accounting and Finance in the New England Region
The schools below may not offer all types of accounting and finance degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top New England Region Schools in Accounting and Finance
Bentley University is a good option for students interested in a degree in accounting and finance. Bentley is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Waltham. A Best Colleges rank of #32 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Bentley is a great university overall.
There were approximately 93 accounting and finance students who graduated with this degree at Bentley in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in accounting and finance needs to take a look at Bryant University. Bryant is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Smithfield. A Best Colleges rank of #127 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Bryant is a great university overall.
There were about 7 accounting and finance students who graduated with this degree at Bryant in the most recent data year.
Southern New Hampshire University is a good option for students pursuing a degree in accounting and finance. Located in the midsize suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #245 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means SNHU is a great university overall.
There were about 154 accounting and finance students who graduated with this degree at SNHU in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in accounting and finance has to check out Suffolk University. Suffolk is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #165 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Suffolk is a great university overall.
There were roughly 4 accounting and finance students who graduated with this degree at Suffolk in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in accounting and finance needs to look into Salem State University. Located in the suburb of Salem, Salem State is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 37th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 14 accounting and finance students who graduated with this degree at Salem State in the most recent year we have data available.
Bridgewater State is a moderately-sized public university located in the suburb of Bridgewater. This university ranks 26th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 88 accounting and finance students who graduated with this degree at Bridgewater State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Boston, Cambridge College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 58th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 7 accounting and finance students who graduated with this degree at Cambridge College in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the rural area of Rindge, Franklin Pierce is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 16th out of 17 schools for overall quality in the state of New Hampshire.
There were about 29 accounting and finance students who graduated with this degree at Franklin Pierce in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the town of Concord, GSC is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 14th out of 17 schools for overall quality in the state of New Hampshire.
There were roughly 6 accounting and finance students who graduated with this degree at GSC in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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