Accounting

Ranked in 2013, part of Best Business Schools

An accounting MBA readies students for the CPA exam and jobs in business accounting administration. Students gain skills to become accountants, financial managers, auditors, and more. These are the top business schools for accounting.

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Rankings Overall Business School Program Data
Rank School name Tuition Enrollment (full-time) Average GMAT score Acceptance rate Full-time graduates employed at graduation Average starting salary and bonus Average undergraduate GPA Full-time graduates employed three months after graduation Peer assessment score (out of 5) Recruiter assessment score (out of 5)
#11 University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)

Notre Dame, IN

$43,460 per year (full-time) 314
#9 New York University (Stern)

New York, NY

$52,828 per year (full-time) 780
#9 University of North Carolina–​Chapel Hill (Kenan-​Flagler)

Chapel Hill, NC

$27,400 per year (in-state, full-time); $48,681 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 580
#8 University of Southern California (Marshall)

Los Angeles, CA

$48,515 per year (full-time) 431
#7 Brigham Young University (Marriott)

Provo, UT

$21,900 per year (full-time) 325
#6 Stanford University

Stanford, CA

$57,300 per year (full-time) 803
#5 University of Michigan–​Ann Arbor (Ross)

Ann Arbor, MI

$50,000 per year (in-state, full-time); $55,000 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 992
#4 University of Chicago (Booth)

Chicago, IL

$56,000 per year (full-time) 1,161
#3 University of Illinois–​Urbana-​Champaign

Champaign, IL

$19,975 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,975 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 237
#2 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)

Philadelphia, PA

$57,026 per year (full-time) 1,685
#1 University of Texas–​Austin (McCombs)

Austin, TX

$33,926 per year (in-state, full-time); $48,832 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 504