Top 20 Best Colleges for Accounting

This list of top schools for accountants can help narrow down your college search to only the cream of the collegiate crop. After studying as an undergraduate at one of these number one accounting colleges, you will be ready to help manage money and pretty soon investors will be investing time in hearing your allocation advice.

1. University of Michigan

The University of Michigan, frequently referred to simply as Michigan, is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.
2. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a public research-intensive university in the U.S. state of Illinois. A land-grant university, it is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system.
3. University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League, research university located in Philadelphia.
4. Stanford University

Stanford University is a private research university in Stanford, California, and one of the world's most prestigious institutions, with the top position in numerous rankings and measures in the United States.
5. Columbia University

Columbia University is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City. Originally established in 1754 as King's College by royal charter of George II of Great Britain, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in New York State, as well as one of the country's nine colonial colleges.
6. University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley is a public research university located in Berkeley, California.
7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
8. Cornell University

Cornell University is an American private Ivy League and federal land-grant research university located in Ithaca, New York.
9. Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, established in 1636. Its history, influence and wealth have made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world.
10. Yale University

Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 in Saybrook Colony as the Collegiate School, the University is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States.
11. Northwestern University

Northwestern University is a private research university with campuses in Evanston and Chicago in Illinois, United States, as well as Doha, Qatar.
12. New York University

New York University is a private, nonsectarian American research university based in New York City. Founded in 1831, NYU is the largest private nonprofit institution of American higher education.
13. Mendoza College of Business

The Mendoza College of Business is a comprehensive full-time business school at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States.
14. New Era University

New Era University is a private educational institution in the Philippines, run by the Iglesia ni Cristo. Its main campus located at No. 9 Central Avenue, New Era, Quezon City, in the Central Office Complex of the INC.
15. Princeton University

Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States.
16. University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.
17. University of Pittsburgh

The University of Pittsburgh is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1787 after the American Revolutionary War, it was founded on the edge of the American frontier as the Pittsburgh Academy.
18. University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Established in 1890, the University of Chicago consists of The College, various graduate programs, interdisciplinary committees organized into four academic research divisions and seven professional schools.
19. Duke University

Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892.
20. Fordham University

Fordham University is a private, nonprofit, coeducational research university based in New York City, United States.