Now, before you break out that Jimmer Fredette BYU basketball jersey from 2011 or start tomahawk chopping in front of your co-workers, keep in mind this isn’t U.S. News and World Report’s ranking of the schools with the best undergraduate accounting programs. This ranking of the top 50 accounting programs in the U.S. is from Study.com, an online education platform that also provides resources to students searching schools and careers.
Formerly known as Education Portal, Study.com said it took several factors into account when putting together this list, including tuition, student retention, and graduation rates. It also looked at other features that make a program stand out, like acclaimed faculty, job placement, and internship opportunities.
Every once in a while we like to give you guys the opportunity to brag to colleagues or wear your Buckeyes tie to a client meeting, so here’s Study.com’s ranking of the top 50 accounting schools in the country:
- University of Texas at Dallas
- Truman State University
- State University of New York (SUNY) College at Geneseo
- SUNY at Albany
- Brigham Young University-Provo
- St. Joseph’s College-New York
- SUNY College at Oswego
- University of Northern Iowa
- Grove City College
- Arizona State University-West
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- University of Missouri-Columbia
- Salisbury University
- SUNY College at Brockport
- SUNY College at Plattsburgh
- Texas A&M University-College Station
- Grand Valley State University
- Towson University
- Appalachian State University
- North Carolina State University at Raleigh
- Louisiana State University
- Michigan State University
- University at Buffalo
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania
- James Madison University
- Arizona State University-Tempe
- Ohio State University
- University of Oregon
- University of Georgia
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- University of Central Florida
- University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
- Iowa State University
- Florida State University
- University of South Carolina-Columbia
- SUNY at Fredonia
- University of Oklahoma-Norman
- University of Iowa
- Western Washington University
- Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
- University of Florida
- University of North Carolina-Wilmington
- SUNY Oneonta
- Ohio University
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
- Indiana University-Bloomington
- Colorado State University-Fort Collins
- Oregon State University
Some initial thoughts:
- Unlike other rankings in previous years that Caleb and Adrienne wrote about, Wake Forest didn’t make Study.com’s top 50.
- It seems like every SUNY campus made the list, but the University of Texas-Austin was left off.
- Of the major athletic conferences, the SEC and the Big 10 tied with the most schools ranked with six, followed by the ACC and the Pac-12 with three.
Anything else you found interesting or weird? If so, discuss it below.