Best ROI: Accounting

Schools offering Accounting ranked by overall ROI score. The average graduate in this field earns $56,861 four years after graduation. These are the schools where this major delivers the strongest financial return.

50 schools ranked

#	School	ROI	Net Price	10yr Earnings	Median Debt	Completion	Tier
1	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	97	$26,780	$99,980	$19,000	95.2%	Exceptional
2	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	94	$15,678	$82,860	$19,000	88.6%	Exceptional
3	Bentley University Waltham, MA	94	$37,930	$120,959	$25,023	86.8%	Exceptional
4	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	94	$15,564	$75,790	$11,069	81.0%	Exceptional
5	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	94	$14,091	$78,466	$14,615	85.2%	Exceptional
6	Georgetown University Washington, DC	93	$40,815	$103,494	$15,500	94.8%	Exceptional
7	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	93	$14,355	$81,054	$19,500	85.1%	Exceptional
8	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	93	$36,931	$105,584	$21,960	87.9%	Exceptional
9	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	92	$6,541	$71,588	$15,000	91.1%	Exceptional
10	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	92	$41,704	$103,937	$19,000	90.8%	Exceptional
11	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY	92	$3,033	$75,971	$11,512	72.1%	Exceptional
12	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	91	$32,740	$92,498	$18,000	91.8%	Exceptional
13	Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA	91	$23,781	$94,810	$19,500	93.9%	Exceptional
14	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	91	$17,354	$73,792	$20,484	89.5%	Exceptional
15	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	91	$14,600	$72,424	$19,500	83.1%	Exceptional
16	University of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell, WA	91	$12,319	$78,466	$14,615	65.3%	Exceptional
17	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus Tacoma, WA	91	$10,163	$78,466	$14,615	63.2%	Exceptional
18	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	90	$50,062	$109,183	$19,162	87.9%	Exceptional
19	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	90	$19,857	$75,121	$20,500	88.9%	Exceptional
20	Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI	89	$14,182	$78,198	$24,990	68.1%	Strong
21	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	89	$21,620	$80,596	$18,500	81.6%	Strong
22	University of Portland Portland, OR	89	$28,210	$82,804	$21,370	79.8%	Strong
23	Villanova University Villanova, PA	89	$43,756	$100,423	$25,874	91.9%	Strong
24	Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX	89	$21,315	$72,097	$17,804	83.9%	Strong
25	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	89	$24,953	$81,698	$21,500	86.2%	Strong
26	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	88	$30,365	$86,522	$22,940	83.7%	Strong
27	George Washington University Washington, DC	88	$36,586	$90,873	$20,449	84.0%	Strong
28	University of Georgia Athens, GA	88	$13,936	$68,726	$18,500	89.7%	Strong
29	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	88	$16,778	$69,020	$19,500	85.3%	Strong
30	Clarkson University Potsdam, NY	88	$30,305	$89,696	$26,000	74.9%	Strong
31	Ohio Northern University Ada, OH	88	$24,478	$80,928	$27,000	75.5%	Strong
32	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	87	$17,303	$68,758	$20,121	84.8%	Strong
33	Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	87	$40,766	$93,807	$27,000	86.3%	Strong
34	University of Connecticut-Avery Point Groton, CT	87	$13,807	$73,997	$21,500	61.6%	Strong
35	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus Hartford, CT	87	$16,403	$73,997	$21,500	65.0%	Strong
36	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	86	$10,440	$64,403	$14,289	68.9%	Strong
37	University of Delaware Newark, DE	86	$17,799	$72,950	$24,572	80.5%	Strong
38	Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA	86	$29,689	$86,881	$25,500	78.8%	Strong
39	Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA	86	$28,928	$77,449	$14,744	68.6%	Strong
40	Clemson University Clemson, SC	86	$22,253	$71,513	$21,500	86.6%	Strong
41	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	86	$17,915	$76,343	$19,500	67.8%	Strong
42	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	85	$25,097	$73,997	$21,500	83.3%	Strong
43	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	85	$10,974	$68,740	$16,704	61.6%	Strong
44	College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA	85	$38,782	$90,543	$27,000	87.3%	Strong
45	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	85	$41,190	$87,989	$24,000	87.2%	Strong
46	Citadel Military College of South Carolina Charleston, SC	85	$20,723	$72,085	$21,096	75.0%	Strong
47	Trinity University San Antonio, TX	85	$23,464	$71,668	$22,954	84.0%	Strong
48	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus Waterbury, CT	85	$10,875	$73,997	$21,500	52.7%	Strong
49	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	84	$15,364	$64,909	$15,000	76.4%	Strong
50	Rutgers University-Camden Camden, NJ	84	$18,745	$74,479	$21,500	66.7%	Strong

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Rankings are based on our ROI score (0-100), which weights five quantifiable factors: Earnings Premium (30%), Payback Period (25%), Debt-to-Earnings (20%), Completion Rate (15%), and Loan Repayment (10%). All data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. No subjective criteria are used.

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