49 Best universities for Accounting in Nigeria

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Nigeria ranked based on their research performance in Accounting. A graph of 26K citations received by 7.55K academic papers made by 49 universities in Nigeria 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. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Accounting

#13 in Africa

#791 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

2. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Accounting

#15 in Africa

#823 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

3. Covenant University

For Accounting

#16 in Africa

#839 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

4. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Accounting

#18 in Africa

#941 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

5. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Accounting

#20 in Africa

#977 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

6. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Accounting

#26 in Africa

#1067 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

7. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Accounting

#35 in Africa

#1289 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 49,436
Founded: 1962

8. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Accounting

#37 in Africa

#1365 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

9. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Accounting

#43 in Africa

#1473 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

10. Babcock University

Nigeria | Ilishan-Remo

For Accounting

#44 in Africa

#1476 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1999

11. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Accounting

#47 in Africa

#1517 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

12. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Accounting

#56 in Africa

#1733 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

13. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Accounting

#57 in Africa

#1740 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

14. Delta State University, Abraka

Nigeria | Abraka

For Accounting

#61 in Africa

#1810 in the World

Founded: 1992

15. Bayero University Kano

For Accounting

#63 in Africa

#1878 in the World

Founded: 1975

16. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Accounting

#66 in Africa

#1898 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

17. Osun State University

Nigeria | Osogbo

For Accounting

#68 in Africa

#1943 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 2007

18. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Accounting

#69 in Africa

#1947 in the World

Founded: 1975

19. University of Uyo

For Accounting

#72 in Africa

#1957 in the World

Founded: 1991

20. Nasarawa State University

Nigeria | Keffi

For Accounting

#73 in Africa

#1969 in the World

Founded: 2002

21. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Accounting

#74 in Africa

#1971 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Enrollment: 17,672
Founded: 1981

22. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Accounting

#75 in Africa

#1978 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

23. Pan-Atlantic University

Nigeria | Lagos

For Accounting

#76 in Africa

#1981 in the World

Founded: 2002

24. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Accounting

#77 in Africa

#1984 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

25. Landmark University

Nigeria | Omu-Aran

For Accounting

#84 in Africa

#2164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 2011

26. Ebonyi State University

Nigeria | Abakaliki

For Accounting

#85 in Africa

#2171 in the World

Founded: 2000

27. Enugu State University of Science and Technology

Nigeria | Enugu

For Accounting

#90 in Africa

#2214 in the World

Enrollment: 16,092
Male:Female: 57:43
Founded: 1981

28. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Accounting

#93 in Africa

#2251 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

29. Lagos State University

For Accounting

#94 in Africa

#2253 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

30. University of Abuja

Nigeria | Abuja

For Accounting

#95 in Africa

#2273 in the World

Enrollment: 4,680
Founded: 1988

31. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Nigeria | Umuahia

For Accounting

#96 in Africa

#2274 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

32. Kaduna State University

Nigeria | Kaduna

For Accounting

#97 in Africa

#2276 in the World

Founded: 2004

33. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Nigeria | Owerri

For Accounting

#98 in Africa

#2279 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

34. Adekunle Ajasin University

Nigeria | Akungba Akoko

For Accounting

#103 in Africa

#2359 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1982

35. Afe Babalola University

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Accounting

#108 in Africa

#2430 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 2009

36. Lead City University

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Accounting

#110 in Africa

#2447 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Founded: 2005

37. Ambrose Alli University

Nigeria | Ekpoma

For Accounting

#114 in Africa

#2491 in the World

Founded: 1980

38. Kogi State University

Nigeria | Anyigba

For Accounting

#119 in Africa

#2544 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1999

39. University of Jos

For Accounting

#120 in Africa

#2555 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 24,169
Male:Female: 54:46
Founded: 1975

40. Niger Delta University

Nigeria | Wilberforce Island

For Accounting

#122 in Africa

#2562 in the World

Founded: 2000

41. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University

For Accounting

#123 in Africa

#2577 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Founded: 2000

42. Federal University of Technology, Minna

Nigeria | Minna

For Accounting

#126 in Africa

#2599 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1982

43. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Accounting

#128 in Africa

#2628 in the World

Founded: 1975

44. Kwara State University

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Accounting

#129 in Africa

#2639 in the World

Founded: 2009

45. Federal University, Otuoke

Nigeria | Otuoke

For Accounting

#131 in Africa

#2664 in the World

Founded: 2011

46. Gombe State University

Nigeria | Gombe

For Accounting

#133 in Africa

#2677 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Founded: 2004

47. Federal University, Oye-Ekiti

Nigeria | Oye-Ekiti

For Accounting

#134 in Africa

#2687 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 2011

48. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University

Nigeria | Bauchi

For Accounting

#135 in Africa

#2697 in the World

Founded: 1988

49. Imo State University

Nigeria | Owerri

For Accounting

#137 in Africa

#2704 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1981

The best cities to study Accounting in Nigeria based on the number of universities and their ranks are Ife, Nsukka, Ota, and Awka.