by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major” ranking.
Accounting is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 7th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 73,172 degrees were awarded to students with this major.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 49,080 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major” ranking analyzed 1,111 colleges that offered a degree in accounting. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in accounting.
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The accounting school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lakeland University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major. Lakeland is a private not-for-profit institution located in Plymouth, Wisconsin. The school has a small population, and it awarded 107 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 1,111 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Johns University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Collegeville, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 52 degrees to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 1,111 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Menlo College landed the #3 spot on the list. Menlo College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Atherton, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baruch College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major. Located in New York, New York, this fairly large public school handed out 660 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Puerto Rico - Humacao. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major list. University of Puerto Rico - Humacao is located in Humacao, and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 64 bachelors’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Puerto Rico - Cayey did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major ranking, coming in at #6. This small school is located in Cayey, , and it awarded 59 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
American University of Puerto Rico ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major list. American University of Puerto Rico is a private not-for-profit institution located in Manati, . The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Bryant University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major list. Bryant University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Smithfield, Rhode Island. It awarded 125 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.
Northwood University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major ranking, coming in at #9. Northwood University is a small school located in Midland, Michigan that handed out 110 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
American University of Puerto Rico came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major ranking. AUPR Bayamon is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bayamon, . The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Accounting at American University of Puerto Rico
University of Minnesota - Crookston did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major ranking, coming in at #11. Located in Crookston, Minnesota, this small public school awarded 46 degrees to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #12, Caribbean University - Vega Baja did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major list. Caribbean University - Vega Baja is a small school located in Vega Baja, that handed out 3 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
University of the Virgin Islands ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major list. UVI is located in Charlotte Amalie, and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 27 bachelors’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
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University of Puerto Rico - Bayamon landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major ranking. University of Puerto Rico - Bayamon is a public institution located in Bayamon, . The school has a small population, and it awarded 47 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #15, University of Puerto Rico - Ponce did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major list. University of Puerto Rico - Ponce is a small public school situated in Ponce, . It awarded 46 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
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Athens State University ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major list. Located in Athens, Alabama, this small public school handed out 73 degrees to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #17, Linfield University - Online and Continuing Education did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major list. Linfield University - Online and Continuing Education is a private not-for-profit institution located in McMinnville, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Linfield University - Online and Continuing Education Accounting Report
SUNY Old Westbury ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major list. Old Westbury, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s accounting degrees to 104 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Siena College landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major ranking. Located in Loudonville, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 79 degrees to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of Puerto Rico - Utuado did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major ranking, coming in at #20. University of Puerto Rico - Utuado is a public institution located in Utuado, . The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Queens College ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major list. Queens College is a fairly large school located in Queens, New York that handed out 400 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
Simpson College ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major list. Simpson College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Indianola, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Dickinson State University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major ranking. This small school is located in Dickinson, North Dakota, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Puerto Rico - Aguadilla ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major list. UPR Aguadilla is a public institution located in Aguadilla, . The school has a small population, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Georgia Southwestern State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major ranking, coming in at #25. Americus, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s accounting degrees to 55 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Accounting at Georgia Southwestern State University
Not only did these schools make the top 50 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
While not in the ‘top 50’, these schools make the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 51 | York College | Jamaica, NY |
| 52 | Davenport University | Grand Rapids, MI |
| 53 | Thiel College | Greenville, PA |
| 54 | Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Guayama | Guayama, PR |
| 55 | University of New Orleans | New Orleans, LA |
| 56 | Stonehill College | Easton, MA |
| 57 | Flagler College - St Augustine | Saint Augustine, FL |
| 58 | Illinois Wesleyan University | Bloomington, IL |
| 59 | SUNY Geneseo | Geneseo, NY |
| 60 | Benedictine College | Atchison, KS |
| 60 | Saint Augustine’s University | Raleigh, NC |
| 62 | University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras | San Juan, PR |
| 63 | Goldey - Beacom College | Wilmington, DE |
| 64 | Augustana College | Rock Island, IL |
| 65 | Ottawa University - Ottawa | Ottawa, KS |
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 166 | Warner Pacific College Adult Degree Program | Portland, OR |
| 167 | Hilbert College | Hamburg, NY |
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