Best Universities for Accounting in North America

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in North America ranked based on their research performance in Accounting. A graph of 16.3M citations received by 381K academic papers made by 653 universities in North America 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

#1 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$28,060

2. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Accounting

#2 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
69%

3. University of Pennsylvania

For Accounting

#3 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,570

4. University of California - Berkeley

For Accounting

#4 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$29,608
Enrollment
45,882

5. Harvard University

For Accounting

#5 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,525

6. Stanford University

For Accounting

#6 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,078

7. New York University

For Accounting

#7 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$30,325

8. Cornell University

For Accounting

#8 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,361

9. Columbia University

For Accounting

#9 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,520

10. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Accounting

#10 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1550
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,996

11. Yale University

For Accounting

#11 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,408

12. University of Toronto

For Accounting

#1 in Canada
#12 in the World
Enrollment
102,431
Founded
1827

13. University of Washington - Seattle

For Accounting

#13 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$16,156
Enrollment
56,997

14. University of Southern California

For Accounting

#16 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$43,412

15. Duke University

For Accounting

#17 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$21,981

16. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Accounting

#19 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

17. University of Texas at Austin

For Accounting

#20 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
65%

18. Pennsylvania State University

For Accounting

#21 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
67%

19. Ohio State University

For Accounting

#23 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
80%

20. University of California - Los Angeles

For Accounting

#26 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$25,627
Enrollment
47,335

21. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Accounting

#27 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

22. Princeton University

For Accounting

#28 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$15,313

23. University of Florida

For Accounting

#29 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

24. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Accounting

#30 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
59%

25. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Accounting

#31 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

26. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Accounting

#32 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
69%

27. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Accounting

#35 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

28. Northwestern University

For Accounting

#36 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,830

29. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Accounting

#37 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,172
Enrollment
79,818

30. University of Maryland - College Park

For Accounting

#38 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
67%

31. Johns Hopkins University

For Accounting

#39 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,017

32. Michigan State University

For Accounting

#41 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
92%

33. University of British Columbia

For Accounting

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

34. Carnegie Mellon University

For Accounting

#43 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$35,552

35. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Accounting

#44 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

36. University of Rochester

For Accounting

#45 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,462

37. University of Virginia

For Accounting

#50 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
57%

38. Boston University

For Accounting

#51 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$24,420

39. University of Iowa

For Accounting

#52 in the World
Acceptance Rate
84%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
90%

40. Boston College

For Accounting

#53 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$32,519

41. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Accounting

#57 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1455
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
73%

42. University of Alberta

For Accounting

#3 in Canada
#58 in the World
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

43. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Accounting

#60 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
89%

44. Georgia State University

For Accounting

#62 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1060
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
94%

45. University of Arizona

For Accounting

#64 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

46. University of Notre Dame

For Accounting

#65 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1508
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,300

47. Purdue University

For Accounting

#66 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
59%

48. University of California - Davis

For Accounting

#69 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$24,591
Enrollment
40,065

49. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Accounting

#70 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
97%

50. Washington University in St Louis

For Accounting

#71 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,408

51. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Accounting

#73 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
80%

52. Iowa State University

For Accounting

#75 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

53. Vanderbilt University

For Accounting

#77 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,186

54. University of California - Irvine

For Accounting

#78 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$23,110
Enrollment
37,297

55. University of Georgia

For Accounting

#79 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
89%

56. University of Pittsburgh

For Accounting

#82 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
74%

57. Western University

For Accounting

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

59. Georgetown University

For Accounting

#85 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$39,083

60. Emory University

For Accounting

#86 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$27,303

61. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Accounting

#87 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
67%

62. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Accounting

#88 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

63. University of California-San Diego

For Accounting

#89 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Receiving Aid
66%
Average Aid
$25,757
Enrollment
44,256

64. McGill University

For Accounting

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

65. Temple University

For Accounting

#92 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$14,837
Enrollment
29,640

66. University of Ottawa

For Accounting

#7 in Canada
#98 in the World
Enrollment
42,027
Founded
1848

67. Brigham Young University - Provo

For Accounting

#99 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$16,694

68. George Washington University

For Accounting

#102 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$46,485

69. University of Utah

For Accounting

#103 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
79%

70. McMaster University

For Accounting

#8 in Canada
#104 in the World
Enrollment
27,965
Founded
1887

71. Florida State University

For Accounting

#105 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

72. University of South Carolina - Columbia

For Accounting

#111 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
94%

73. George Mason University

For Accounting

#112 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
79%

74. York University

For Accounting

#9 in Canada
#114 in the World
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
53,000
Founded
1959

75. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For Accounting

#115 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
96%

76. Dartmouth College

For Accounting

#118 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,322

77. Queen's University

For Accounting

#10 in Canada
#121 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Enrollment
35,612
Founded
1841

78. University of Calgary

For Accounting

#11 in Canada
#125 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1966

79. University of Kansas

For Accounting

#128 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
94%

80. University of Alabama

For Accounting

#130 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
88%

81. University of South Florida

For Accounting

#131 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
89%

82. University of Miami

For Accounting

#134 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$45,397

83. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

For Accounting

#136 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
93%

84. University of Connecticut

For Accounting

#137 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
88%

85. University of Kentucky

For Accounting

#138 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
97%

86. University of Houston

For Accounting

#145 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
83%

87. Rice University

For Accounting

#150 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,589

88. Syracuse University

For Accounting

#152 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$48,215

89. University of Colorado Boulder

For Accounting

#155 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
67%

90. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

For Accounting

#157 in the World
Acceptance Rate
48%
Average SAT
1250
Receiving Aid
90%
Average Aid
$10,114

91. University of Oklahoma - Norman

For Accounting

#159 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

92. Fisher College

For Accounting

#163 in the World
Acceptance Rate
71%
Net Price
$28,596
Receiving Aid
94%
Average Aid
$25,379

93. Florida International University

For Accounting

#165 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1165
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
91%

94. Case Western Reserve University

For Accounting

#168 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$44,000

95. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

For Accounting

#171 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1214
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

96. Laval University

For Accounting

#12 in Canada
#174 in the World
Enrollment
56,000
Founded
1852

97. University of Texas at Dallas

For Accounting

#176 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

98. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Accounting

#177 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$24,695
Enrollment
26,133

99. University of Delaware

For Accounting

#178 in the World
Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
94%

100. University of California - San Francisco

For Accounting

#179 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,007
Male:Female
36:64
Founded
1864