Top Accounting Doctoral Programs

University of Chicago

• The doctorate program in accounting at the University of Chicago was ranked third by U.S. News and World Report in 2010, replacing the University of Illinois at the No. 3 position from the previous year. The University's Booth School of Business is ranked among the top business schools in the nation every year. The doctorate program emphasizes three broad areas of research: auditing research, capital markets research and taxation research. Students at the University of Chicago benefit from generous stipends in addition to tuition waivers upon acceptance to the program. As an incentive for students to enter the accounting program at the Booth School, doctoral accounting students receive an additional $5,000 per year stipend supplement. Students are also furnished with a laptop for the duration of the program.

  The University of Chicago
  Booth School of Business
  5807 S. Woodlawn Ave.
  Chicago, IL 60637
  773-702-7743
  chicagobooth.edu

University of Pennsylvania

• The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, like Chicago's Booth School, is annually ranked among the top business schools in the nation across a variety of disciplines. In the field of accounting, the Wharton School ranked No. 2 in the nation by U.S. News and World Report for 2010, holding steady from its previous ranking from 2009. The doctorate program, like many of the other Penn graduate programs, emphasizes interdisciplinary research. Students can pursue joint degrees in law, international studies and environmental studies as part of their education. The most commonly pursued joint field of study in conjunction with accounting is finance. Areas covered by the program include accounting theory research, empirical research in accounting, finance, economics and econometrics and statistics.

  University of Pennsylvania
  Wharton School
  420 Jon M. Huntsman Hall
  3730 Walnut St.
  Philadelphia, PA 19104
  215-898-6183
  wharton.upenn.edu

University of Texas

• The top accounting program in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report, is located at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin. Although not of the same stature as the programs at Penn and the University of Chicago in other disciplines, the program still ranked as a top-20 business school program overall in 2010 (No. 16). Nevertheless, the UT program has established itself as the nation's preeminent accounting program. The university is home to the C. Aubrey Smith Center for Auditing Education and Research. Students in the UT accounting doctorate program are published in a number of prominent publications for the field of accounting. Students also have access to the other 12 established research centers within the McCombs School of Business. Students are provided with a variety of financial incentives within the UT program. These are offered in the form of teaching assitantships, fellowships and research assistantships.

  University of Texas
  McCombs School of Business
  1 University Station,
  B6004
  Austin, TX 78712
  512-471-7698
  mccombs.utexas.edu