2024 Best Accounting Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

If you pursue a master's degree in accounting, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #7 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Accounting Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 153 master's degrees in accounting during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on accounting students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other accounting students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized accounting related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for accounting students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Accounting Schools

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 Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Accounting in District of Columbia

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in accounting.

Top District of Columbia Schools for a Master's in Accounting

1

George Washington University
Washington, DC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

64 Annual Graduates

George Washington University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in accounting. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in accounting from George Washington University

2

American University
Washington, DC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

88 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in accounting needs to check out American University. Located in the large city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in accounting from American University

Best Accounting Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Accounting Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	695	1,734
Pennsylvania	607	550
Maryland	363	126
New Jersey	346	563
Delaware	151	51

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Accounting Related Rankings by Major

Accounting is one of 5 different types of Accounting programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Accounting and Finance	26

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Pixabay. More about our data sources and methodologies.