Best Universities for Accounting in the World

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Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Accounting. A graph of 30.1M citations received by 1.16M academic papers made by 2,975 universities in the World was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Chicago

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$27,979

2. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
66%

3. University of Pennsylvania

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,017

4. University of California - Berkeley

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
12%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$25,951
Enrollment
45,699

5. Harvard University

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,900

6. Stanford University

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,998

7. New York University

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,730

8. Cornell University

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,455

9. Columbia University

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,869

10. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$21,519

11. Yale University

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,044

12. University of Toronto

For Accounting

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

13. University of Washington - Seattle

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
43%
Receiving Aid
55%
Average Aid
$14,390
Enrollment
55,620

14. University of Hong Kong

For Accounting

#1 in Asia
#1 in China
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
21,652
Founded
1911

16. University of Southern California

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1495
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$41,496

17. Duke University

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,422

19. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
61%

20. University of Texas at Austin

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

21. Pennsylvania State University

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
66%

22. Ohio State University

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
51%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
75%

23. University of Sydney

For Accounting

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

25. University of California - Los Angeles

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$22,441
Enrollment
46,678

26. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1435
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
60%

27. University of New South Wales

For Accounting

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
63,864
Founded
1949

28. Princeton University

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,811

29. University of Florida

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
92%

30. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

31. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
58%

32. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
65%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
71%

33. University of Melbourne

For Accounting

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

35. Northwestern University

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,341

36. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
77%

37. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$11,992
Enrollment
79,593

38. University of Maryland - College Park

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
65%

39. Johns Hopkins University

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,844

41. Michigan State University

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
84%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
97%

42. University of British Columbia

For Accounting

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
71,201
Founded
1908

43. University of Rochester

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
36%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,900

44. Carnegie Mellon University

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$32,964

45. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
83%

46. University of Amsterdam

For Accounting

#6 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
41,000
Founded
1632

47. University of Virginia

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
44%

48. Monash University

For Accounting

#4 in Oceania
#4 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
73%
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
1958

51. University of Iowa

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
88%

52. Boston College

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$32,590

53. Boston University

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,551

54. University of Queensland

For Accounting

#5 in Oceania
#5 in Australia
Enrollment
48,771
Founded
1909

56. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1430
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
73%

58. University of Alberta

For Accounting

#3 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

59. Georgia State University

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
62%
Average SAT
1160
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
94%

60. Catholic University of Leuven

For Accounting

#8 in Europe
#1 in Belgium
Enrollment
62,693
Founded
1425

61. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

63. University of Arizona

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
98%

64. Purdue University

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

65. University of Notre Dame

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,083

68. University of California - Davis

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
42%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$21,258
Enrollment
39,707

69. City University of Hong Kong

For Accounting

#6 in Asia
#5 in China
Acceptance Rate
36%
Founded
1984

70. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
90%

71. Washington University in St Louis

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,440

72. Iowa State University

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

74. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
80%

75. Tilburg University

For Accounting

#10 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
57%
Enrollment
17,378
Founded
1927

77. Vanderbilt University

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,689

78. University of California - Irvine

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$21,533
Enrollment
36,582

79. University of Georgia

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
37%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
84%

81. University of Pittsburgh

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

82. Western University

For Accounting

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
21,836
Founded
1878

84. MARA University of Technology

For Accounting

#8 in Asia
#1 in Malaysia
Acceptance Rate
100%
Founded
1956

85. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

86. Georgetown University

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$37,967

87. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
68%

88. Emory University

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,986

89. University of California-San Diego

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
25%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$24,176
Enrollment
42,376

91. Udayana University

For Accounting

#9 in Asia
#1 in Indonesia
Acceptance Rate
74%
Founded
1962

92. Temple University

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
83%
Receiving Aid
94%
Average Aid
$11,891
Enrollment
30,205

93. McGill University

For Accounting

#6 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
37,888
Founded
1821

94. Tel Aviv University

For Accounting

#10 in Asia
#1 in Israel
Enrollment
30,000
Founded
1956

96. University of Bristol

For Accounting

#15 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
63%
Enrollment
27,513
Founded
1909

97. Brigham Young University - Provo

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$14,643

98. University of Ottawa

For Accounting

#7 in Canada
Enrollment
42,027
Founded
1848

99. McMaster University

For Accounting

#8 in Canada
Enrollment
27,965
Founded
1887

100. Florida State University

For Accounting

Acceptance Rate
25%
Average SAT
1315
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
95%