by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 District of Columbia” 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 District of Columbia, there were 418 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 235 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,584 and $27,317 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in District of Columbia” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 District of Columbia”.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Potomac - Washington DC Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of the Potomac - Washington DC Campus is a small school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 3 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of the Potomac - Washington DC Campus Accounting Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the District of Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in District of Columbia list. University of the District of Columbia is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 28 bachelors’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
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.
Read full report on Accounting at University of the District of Columbia
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #3 spot on the list. CUA is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 24 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity Washington University landed the #4 spot on the list. Trinity Washington University is a small school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 4 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 72 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.
Howard University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in District of Columbia list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 19 degrees to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
American University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in District of Columbia list. American University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 28 bachelors’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
George Washington University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in District of Columbia list. George Washington University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 57 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, 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.
Read full report on Accounting at George Washington University
With a ranking of #9, Gallaudet University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in District of Columbia list. This small school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 0 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.
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