The Best Undergraduate Accounting Schools

University of Texas-Austin

• The McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas in Austin educates nearly 6,000 students every year. The business school is home to the accounting department. Students accepted into the accounting program at the University of Texas may earn a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, or they may obtain a major in finance with an accounting emphasis. Students of these programs typically want to work directly in the accounting industry or for an institution of the government. The accounting program has an excellent reputation, as it is ranked #1 by U.S. News and World Report and Financial Times.

  McCombs School of Business Department of Accounting
  The University of Texas at Austin
  1 University Station B6000
  Austin, TX 78712
  512-471-5215
  www.mccombs.utexas.edu

University of Illnois

• The University of Illinois received the #2 ranking in accounting from U.S. News. This college is another of the larger academic institutions with accounting programs--the entire university hosts about 31,000 undergraduates annually and has more than 3,000 faculty. The business college, which hosts the accounting department, enrolls about 2,800 undergraduates. One thing that sets it apart from other schools is that it is ranked as the #1 "disabled friendly" university, according to the university website. This school offers three separate accounting paths. Students may get a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy, a Bachelor/Master in Accountancy or a Certificate in Accountancy. The school also has doctoral studies in accounting in which students may continue their accounting work after obtaining their undergraduate degree or certificate.

  Department of Accountancy
  University of Illinois
  360 Wohlers Hall
  1206 South Sixth St.
  Champaign, Illinois 61820
  Phone: 217-333-0857
  www.illinois.edu

Brigham Young University-Provo

• The Provo branch of Brigham Young University ranks third in accounting by the Marriott School of Management and U.S. News, and fourth in accounting by The Wall Street Journal. Part of the reason for the high rankings is that the accounting program is highly competitive, requiring department acceptance, which limits enrollment. The entire university teaches about 7,000 students annually, so it's a smaller accounting department compared to some other universities. The average GPA for incoming freshmen is between 3.7 and 3.8. Those who do get in to the department are eligible to receive a Bachelor of Science in Accounting degree.