by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Accounting is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 8th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 99,265 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 51,042 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 1,175 colleges that offered 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”.
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 located in Plymouth, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 107 bachelors’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wilberforce University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major list. Wilberforce University is a small school located in Wilberforce, Ohio that handed out 10 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.
Out of the 1,175 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 #3 spot on the list. SJU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Collegeville, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.
Out of the 1,175 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 #4 spot on the list. Atherton, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s accounting degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baruch College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major list. Baruch is a fairly large public school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 660 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, 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.
With a ranking of #6, Bryant University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major list. Bryant University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Smithfield, Rhode Island. The school has a small population, and it awarded 132 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #7, University of Puerto Rico - Humacao did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major list. UPR 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 #8. University of Puerto Rico - Cayey is a small public school situated in Cayey, . It awarded 59 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
American University of Puerto Rico did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major ranking, coming in at #9. Located in Manati, , this small private not-for-profit school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
Northwood University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major ranking, coming in at #10. Northwood University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Midland, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 110 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 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 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, Bentley University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major list. Bentley is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waltham, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 178 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #12, Hiram College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major list. Located in Hiram, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 24 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
American University of Puerto Rico did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major ranking, coming in at #13. American University of Puerto Rico 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.
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University of Minnesota - Crookston came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major ranking. Crookston, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s accounting degrees to 46 students in 2020-2021.
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Caribbean University - Vega Baja ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major list. This small school is located in Vega Baja, , and it awarded 3 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
University of the Virgin Islands ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major list. University of the Virgin Islands is a small public school situated in Charlotte Amalie, . It awarded 27 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #17, University of Puerto Rico - Bayamon did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major list. UPR Bayamon is a small school located in Bayamon, that handed out 47 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Puerto Rico - Ponce came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major ranking. UPR Ponce is a small school located in Ponce, that handed out 46 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
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Athens State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major ranking, coming in at #19. Located in Athens, Alabama, this small public school handed out 73 degrees to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
Linfield University - Online and Continuing Education did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major ranking, coming in at #20. Linfield University - Online and Continuing Education is a small school located in McMinnville, Oregon that handed out 9 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%. 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.
SUNY Old Westbury ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major list. This small school is located in Old Westbury, New York, and it awarded 104 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.
Siena College came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major ranking. Siena is a small school located in Loudonville, New York that handed out 79 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Puerto Rico - Utuado ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major list. University of Puerto Rico - Utuado is a small public school situated in Utuado, . It awarded 8 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #24, Queens College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major list. QC is located in Queens, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 400 bachelors’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Simpson College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major ranking, coming in at #25. Simpson College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Indianola, Iowa. It awarded 29 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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 | University of Houston - Downtown | Houston, TX |
| 52 | Mid-America Christian University | Oklahoma City, OK |
| 53 | Defiance College | Defiance, OH |
| 54 | College of Saint Benedict | Saint Joseph, MN |
| 55 | University of Puerto Rico - Arecibo | Arecibo, PR |
| 56 | Bethany College West Virginia | Bethany, WV |
| 57 | Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Bayamon | Bayamon, PR |
| 58 | Colorado State University - Global Campus | Greenwood Village, CO |
| 58 | Davis & Elkins College | Elkins, WV |
| 60 | York College | Jamaica, NY |
| 61 | Canisius College | Buffalo, NY |
| 62 | Strayer University - New Jersey | Cherry Hill, NJ |
| 62 | Thiel College | Greenville, PA |
| 64 | Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Guayama | Guayama, PR |
| 65 | University of New Orleans | New Orleans, LA |
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 166 | Buena Vista University | Storm Lake, IA |
| 167 | University of North Texas at Dallas | Dallas, TX |
| 168 | Central Penn College | Summerdale, PA |
| 169 | Governors State University | University Park, IL |
| 170 | National American University - Ellsworth AFB Extension | Ellsworth Air Force Base, SD |
| 170 | Randolph - Macon College | Ashland, VA |
| 170 | Florida Southern College | Lakeland, FL |
| 173 | Savannah State University | Savannah, GA |
| 174 | Goshen College | Goshen, IN |
| 175 | Central Washington University | Ellensburg, WA |
| 176 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | Wayne, NJ |
| 177 | Franklin College | Franklin, IN |
| 177 | Huntingdon College | Montgomery, AL |
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