2024 Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

If you pursue a associate degree in accounting, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #13 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.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 246 associate degrees in accounting to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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 associate 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.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for accounting to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized accounting related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for accounting students working on their associate 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 Associate Degree Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Accounting in Illinois

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in accounting.

Top Illinois Schools for an Associate in Accounting

1

Rasmussen University - Illinois
Rockford, IL

12 Annual Graduates

$38,663 Median Starting Salary

$23,823 Median Student Debt

It is hard to beat Rasmussen University - Illinois if you want to pursue an associate degree in accounting. Located in the midsize city of Rockford, Rasmussen University - Illinois is a private for-profit university with a small student population.

Those accounting students who get their associate degree from Rasmussen University - Illinois earn $2,519 more than the typical accounting student.

More information about a associate in accounting from Rasmussen University - Illinois

2

Southwestern Illinois College
Belleville, IL

3 Annual Graduates

Southwestern Illinois College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in accounting. Located in the suburb of Belleville, SWIC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a associate in accounting from Southwestern Illinois College

Best Accounting Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Accounting Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	196	610
Michigan	192	398
Indiana	123	337
Wisconsin	114	447

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Accounting Related Rankings by Major

One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Accounting has other similar majors worth exploring.

Accounting Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	133
Accounting	111
Accounting and Business/Management	2

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	1,235
General Business/Commerce	292
Business Support & Assistant Services	115
General Sales & Marketing	78
Hospitality Management	59
Construction Management	43
Human Resource Management	37
Management Information Systems	28
Entrepreneurial Studies	19
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	16

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.