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 Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
With 99,265 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, accounting is the 8th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, accounting graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,712 and had an average of $26,539 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 14,839 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,417 and $25,672 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2,048 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 79 colleges that offer a degree in accounting. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their accounting program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree accounting students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Walsh College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Walsh is a private not-for-profit institution located in Troy, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 76 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend DeVry University - Ohio. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Great Lakes Region. DeVry University - Ohio is a small school located in Columbus, Ohio that handed out 6 masters’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Adrian College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Adrian, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 21 diplomas to qualified masters’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend DeVry University - Illinois. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large private for-profit school handed out 261 diplomas to qualified masters’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Accounting at DeVry University - Illinois
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Davenport University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Grand Rapids, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s accounting degrees to 49 students in 2020-2021.
Manchester University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Manchester University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in North Manchester, Indiana. It awarded 10 masters’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
Ohio Northern University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Ohio Northern University is located in Ada, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 masters’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Illinois at Springfield came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Springfield, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s accounting degrees to 25 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%.
Read more about Accounting at University of Illinois at Springfield
Baldwin Wallace University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #9. Baldwin Wallace College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Berea, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 21 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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 ranking of #10, Calvin University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Calvin University is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 masters’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #11. Marion, Indiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s accounting degrees to 67 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.
Butler University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #12. Butler University is a medium-sized school located in Indianapolis, Indiana that handed out 26 masters’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Bradley University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Peoria, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 27 degrees to qualified masters’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, 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 86%.
Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is located in Bowling Green, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 71 masters’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #15, Franklin University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Franklin University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Columbus, Ohio. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 25 masters’s 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%.
With a ranking of #16, DePaul University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Great Lakes Region list. DePaul is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 86 masters’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Roosevelt University landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Roosevelt University is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 masters’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
Ottawa University - Milwaukee did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #18. Brookfield, Wisconsin is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s accounting degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 2 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
John Carroll University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This small school is located in University Heights, Ohio, and it awarded 11 masters’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Northeastern Illinois University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #20. Northeastern Illinois University is a public institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 21 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #21, Southern Illinois University Carbondale did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Carbondale, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s accounting degrees to 38 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Accounting at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Cleveland State University ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Cleveland, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 45 degrees to qualified masters’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #23, Concordia University, Wisconsin did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Mequon, Wisconsin, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Case Western Reserve University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #24. Case Western Reserve University is located in Cleveland, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 41 masters’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Governors State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #25. This small school is located in University Park, Illinois, and it awarded 13 masters’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
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