In 2009, U.S. News and World Report ranked the University of Texas at Austin as the No. 1 accounting school in the U.S. The university was founded in 1883. The main campus covers 350 acres. The university has 17 colleges and schools with 21,000 faculty and staff members. Over 50,000 students are enrolled at the university. The athletic teams combined have won more than 40 national championship titles. The tuition and housing fee on average for an undergraduate student is about $18,000 per year. The library at the university is considered the nation's fifth largest academic library.
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station
Austin, Texas 78712
512-475-7348
utexas.edu
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was ranked the No. 2 school for accounting in 2009 by U.S. News and World Report. The school was founded in 1867 and is made up of 16 colleges. It has one of the largest university public library collections in the world. The main campus buildings take up 2.3 square miles. There are 22 undergraduate residency halls available to the students.The undergraduate program is made of up over 30,000 students. The standard undergraduate tuition for residents is $12,240 a year and $26,024 a year for non-residents. The students are taught by over 3,000 faculty members.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
901 West Illinois St.
Urbana, IL 61801
217-333-0302
illinois.edu
Brigham Young University was rated No. 3 in 2009 by U.S. News and World Report for accounting schools in the U. S. In 2009, the university had approximately 30,000 full- and half-time undergraduate students enrolled. The university library contains 3.3 million books and is used by about 15,000 students per day. The university has some of the best athletic facilities in the nation. The school was originally founded as the Brigham Young Academy in 1875 but the name was officially changed to Brigham Young University in 1903.
Brigham Young University
A-41 ASB
Provo, UT 84602
801-422-4636
byu.edu