100 Best Accounting schools in the United States

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Below is a list of best universities in the United States ranked based on their research performance in Accounting. A graph of 10.2M citations received by 307K academic papers made by 573 universities in the United States 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 Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Accounting

#1 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
74%

2. University of Chicago

For Accounting

#2 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$36,991

3. University of Pennsylvania

For Accounting

#3 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,123

4. Stanford University

For Accounting

#4 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

5. New York University

For Accounting

#5 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,499

6. Harvard University

For Accounting

#6 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

7. University of California - Berkeley

For Accounting

#7 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$21,669
Enrollment
45,307

8. Cornell University

For Accounting

#8 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,060

9. Columbia University

For Accounting

#9 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,058

10. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Accounting

#10 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
36
Net Price
$20,232

11. University of Washington - Seattle

For Accounting

#12 in the World
Acceptance Rate
48%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$14,731
Enrollment
52,319

12. Duke University

For Accounting

#14 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,694

13. University of Southern California

For Accounting

#15 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

14. Pennsylvania State University

For Accounting

#17 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

15. University of Texas at Austin

For Accounting

#18 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
89%

16. Yale University

For Accounting

#19 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,647

17. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Accounting

#21 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

18. Ohio State University

For Accounting

#22 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

19. University of California - Los Angeles

For Accounting

#25 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

20. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Accounting

#26 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
58%

21. University of Florida

For Accounting

#29 in the World
Acceptance Rate
23%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

22. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Accounting

#30 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
59%

23. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Accounting

#31 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

24. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Accounting

#33 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,381
Enrollment
80,065

25. University of Maryland - College Park

For Accounting

#34 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
63%

26. Michigan State University

For Accounting

#36 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

27. Princeton University

For Accounting

#37 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,698

28. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Accounting

#38 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

29. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Accounting

#39 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
70%

30. University of Rochester

For Accounting

#41 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$39,775

31. Carnegie Mellon University

For Accounting

#43 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$33,499

32. Northwestern University

For Accounting

#45 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,095

33. University of Virginia

For Accounting

#46 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
54%

34. University of Iowa

For Accounting

#49 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

35. Johns Hopkins University

For Accounting

#50 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$24,034

36. Boston College

For Accounting

#51 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1488
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,559

37. Boston University

For Accounting

#52 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,829

38. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Accounting

#53 in the World
Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
83%

39. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Accounting

#55 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
73%

40. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Accounting

#59 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
91%

41. Iowa State University

For Accounting

#60 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

42. Georgia State University

For Accounting

#61 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1135
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
95%

43. University of California - Davis

For Accounting

#65 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

44. University of Arizona

For Accounting

#66 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

45. University of Notre Dame

For Accounting

#68 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,474

46. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Accounting

#69 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
91%

47. University of California - Irvine

For Accounting

#70 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$17,411
Enrollment
35,937

48. Washington University in St Louis

For Accounting

#72 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,432

49. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Accounting

#73 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
80%

50. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Accounting

#75 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

51. University of Pittsburgh

For Accounting

#79 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

52. Vanderbilt University

For Accounting

#80 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,606

53. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Accounting

#81 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
81%

54. University of Georgia

For Accounting

#84 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1320
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
94%

55. Temple University

For Accounting

#89 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$11,575
Enrollment
33,196

56. Emory University

For Accounting

#90 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$26,680

57. University of California-San Diego

For Accounting

#91 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006

58. Florida State University

For Accounting

#92 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
93%

59. Georgetown University

For Accounting

#93 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$35,566

60. Brigham Young University - Provo

For Accounting

#94 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1374
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$13,521

61. University of Utah

For Accounting

#95 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

62. University of South Carolina - Columbia

For Accounting

#100 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
98%

63. University of Alabama

For Accounting

#101 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
87%

64. George Washington University

For Accounting

#102 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$42,723

65. Purdue University

For Accounting

#103 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

66. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

For Accounting

#109 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
98%

67. George Mason University

For Accounting

#116 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
80%

68. Dartmouth College

For Accounting

#117 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$19,208

69. University of South Florida

For Accounting

#118 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
90%

70. University of Kansas

For Accounting

#120 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1215
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

71. University of Connecticut

For Accounting

#121 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
89%

72. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For Accounting

#126 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
91%

73. University of Kentucky

For Accounting

#127 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

74. University of Miami

For Accounting

#128 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$36,467

75. University of Houston

For Accounting

#135 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
83%

76. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

For Accounting

#137 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$9,423
Enrollment
19,854

77. University of Oklahoma - Norman

For Accounting

#140 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

78. Rice University

For Accounting

#142 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,902

79. Syracuse University

For Accounting

#146 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,651

80. Case Western Reserve University

For Accounting

#151 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$38,279

81. University of Colorado Boulder

For Accounting

#155 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

82. University of Texas at Dallas

For Accounting

#159 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
75%

83. Florida International University

For Accounting

#160 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1155
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
91%

84. University at Buffalo

For Accounting

#163 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
86%

85. University of California - San Francisco

For Accounting

#164 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,140
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

86. University of Delaware

For Accounting

#166 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
93%

87. American University in Washington

For Accounting

#168 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$41,369

88. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Accounting

#169 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$20,389
Enrollment
26,420

89. University of Arkansas

For Accounting

#170 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1125
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
77%

90. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

For Accounting

#176 in the World
Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
84%

91. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

For Accounting

#181 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

92. Southern Methodist University

For Accounting

#182 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$45,094

93. Bentley University

For Accounting

#183 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1339
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$44,233

94. Fisher College

For Accounting

#184 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Net Price
$26,257
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$25,406

95. Texas Tech University

For Accounting

#189 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
88%

96. University of Central Florida

For Accounting

#191 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
96%

97. University of Oregon

For Accounting

#193 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
90%

98. Fordham University

For Accounting

#203 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$43,943

99. California University of Pennsylvania

For Accounting

#207 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Receiving Aid
95%
Average Aid
$6,250
Enrollment
6,885

100. DePaul University

For Accounting

#209 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$32,151

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