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. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Ohio” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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.
Across Ohio, there were 3,060 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2,132 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,341 and $26,852 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Ohio” ranking, we looked at 53 colleges that offer a degree in accounting. That schools that top this list have a program in accounting in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Ohio”.
Out of the 53 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Lake Erie College landed the #1 spot on the list. LEC is located in Painesville, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wilmington College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Ohio list. This small school is located in Wilmington, Ohio, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Defiance College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Ohio list. Located in Defiance, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Franklin University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Ohio. Franklin University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Columbus, Ohio. It awarded 112 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 53 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, John Carroll University landed the #5 spot on the list. John Carroll University is a small school located in University Heights, Ohio that handed out 51 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
Wittenberg University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Ohio ranking. Located in Springfield, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 18 degrees to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
Tiffin University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Ohio list. Tiffin University is a small school located in Tiffin, Ohio that handed out 31 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #8, Ohio Northern University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Ohio list. ONU is located in Ada, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 bachelors’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #9, Muskingum University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Ohio list. Muskingum is a small school located in New Concord, Ohio that handed out 15 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
Walsh University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Ohio list. Walsh is located in North Canton, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 bachelors’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Central State University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Ohio ranking. Wilberforce, Ohio is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s accounting degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #12, Malone University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Ohio list. This small school is located in Canton, Ohio, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
Heidelberg University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Ohio ranking, coming in at #13. Heidelburg College is located in Tiffin, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
Miami University - Oxford ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Ohio list. Oxford, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s accounting degrees to 165 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Bluffton University landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Ohio ranking. This small school is located in Bluffton, Ohio, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Baldwin Wallace University came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Ohio ranking. This small school is located in Berea, Ohio, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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Ohio Wesleyan University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Ohio ranking. Ohio Wesleyan University is a small school located in Delaware, Ohio that handed out 9 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 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 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Dayton came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Ohio ranking. Located in Dayton, Ohio, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 81 degrees 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 91%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.
Cleveland State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Ohio ranking, coming in at #19. Cleveland State University is a public institution located in Cleveland, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 93 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Ohio State University - Main Campus came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Ohio ranking. This large school is located in Columbus, Ohio, and it awarded 367 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Shawnee State University landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Ohio ranking. Located in Portsmouth, Ohio, this small public school awarded 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
Franciscan University of Steubenville came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Ohio ranking. Located in Steubenville, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Xavier University landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Ohio ranking. Xavier University is a medium-sized school located in Cincinnati, Ohio that handed out 43 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
The University of Findlay ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Ohio list. The University of Findlay is a private not-for-profit institution located in Findlay, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Kent State University at Kent landed the #25 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Ohio ranking. This large school is located in Kent, Ohio, and it awarded 139 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
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