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Accounting programs consist of theoretical modules, elective courses, and often include an internship at a large company. Students study accounting, business, finance, economics, mathematics, law and other subjects.
Accounting graduates gain broad knowledge that they can use to work in a variety of fields, including management, finance, analytics, sales or marketing.
Best accounting & finance universities in USA 2026 - QS World University rankings
| 1 | Harvard University |
| 2 | Stanford University |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| 4 | University of Chicago |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania |
| 6 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) |
| 7 | New York University (NYU) |
| 8 | Columbia University |
| 9 | Yale University |
| 10 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| 11 | University of Texas at Austin |
| 12 | Princeton University |
| 13 | Northwestern University |
| 14 | Cornell University |
| 15 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
| 16 | Duke University |
| 17 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| 18 | Boston University |
| 19 | University of Southern California |
| 20 | University of Washington |
| 21 | Pennsylvania State University |
| 22 | The Ohio State University |
| 23 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 24 | Arizona State University |
| 25 | University of Florida |
| 26 | Boston College |
| 27 | Carnegie Mellon University |
| 28 | Georgetown University |
| 29 | Indiana University Bloomington |
| 30 | Michigan State University |
| 31 | Texas A&M University |
| 32 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) |
| 33 | George Washington University |
| 34 | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 35 | Johns Hopkins University |
| 36 | Purdue University |
| 37 | The University of Georgia |
| 38 | University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) |
| 39 | University of Minnesota (System) |
| 40 | University of Virginia |
| 41 | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 42 | Washington University in St. Louis |
| 43 | Dartmouth College |
| 44 | Emory University |
| 45 | Florida International University |
| 46 | Florida State University |
| 47 | Rice University |
| 48 | Rutgers University鈥揘ew Brunswick |
| 49 | University of Colorado Boulder |
| 50 | University of Miami |
