The Best Colleges for Accounting Degrees

University of Texas at Austin

• The University of Texas at Austin’s undergraduate accounting program earned a No. 1 ranking from U.S. News & World Report (who bases their rankings on business school dean and senior faculty surveys) and a No. 2 ranking from the Public Accounting Report (who surveys business professors). The graduate programs in accounting at the McCombs School of Business include an MBA with a concentration in accounting, an integrated Master in Professional Accounting (in which students may pursue a Bachelor’s of Business Administration concurrent with the MPA), a Master’s in professional accounting and a Ph.D. U.S. News and the Public Accounting Report rank the McCombs graduate programs as the best in the nation.

  Department of Accounting

  McCombs School of Business

  The University of Texas at Austin

  1 University Station B6400

  Austin, Texas 78712-0211

  512-471-5215

  mccombs.utexas.edu

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• The Accounting Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign offers a Ph.D., a Master of Accounting Science (for those with an academic background in accounting), a Master of Science with a Taxation specialty, a Master of Science in Accounting (for those with no academic background in accounting), a concurrent Bachelor’s/Master’s degree, and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. The program tops the Public Accounting Report’s list of undergraduate accounting programs and is second on the graduate list. U.S. News ranks the Illinois program second for undergraduates and fourth for graduate students.

  Department of Accountancy ?

  University of Illinois ?

  360 Wohlers Hall ?

  1206 South Sixth Street ?

  Champaign, Illinois 61820 ?

  217-333-0857

  business.uiuc.edu

University of Southern California

• Part of the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business, the Leventhal School of Accounting ranks fifth on both the U.S. News and Public Accounting Report’s list of top undergraduate programs, while their graduate program ranks sixth (according to U.S. News) and fourth (according to the Public Accounting Report. The Leventhal School offers a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, a Master of Science in Accounting, two master’s programs in Business Taxation (with one geared toward working adults) and a Ph.D.

  USC Leventhal School of Accounting?

  3660 Trousdale Parkway, ACC 101?

  Los Angeles, CA 90089-0441?

  213-740-4838

  marshall.usc.edu/leventhal/

Brigham Young University

• The School of Accountancy at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management offers the Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Accountancy. The school also provides a Ph.D. preparatory track of courses for student interested in pursuing the Ph.D. in Accountancy at another university (as BYU does not offer the degree). BYU accounting programs rank third in the nation at the undergraduate level according to both U.S. News and the Public Accounting Report, and the graduate program ranks ninth (U.S. News) and third (Public Accounting Report).

  Marriott School of Management

  730 TNRB

  Brigham Young University

  Provo, UT 84602-3113

  801-422-4959

  marriottschool.byu.edu