Which Virginia colleges have the best Accounting programs?

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Anonymous wrote:What other schools beside JMU ?

Why not GMU, which has been suggested?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Washington & Lee

Please note that the OP expressed an interest in public universities.

[Anonymous]

W&M

[Anonymous]

Try University of Richmond. $3.3 billion endowment for fewer than 4,000 students. That means huge financial aid!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Try University of Richmond. $3.3 billion endowment for fewer than 4,000 students. That means huge financial aid!

Then why is UR’s student body overwhelmingly wealthy?

[Anonymous]

W&M, UVA, GMU

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My child is accounting major at a Va Public (not UVA). all Big4s go deep into the class at her school and from what I can tell the other Va publics too.

For example about 1/4 of Virginia Tech’s ACIS majors go to Big4.

https://fds.career.vt.edu/EmployerList?cohort=2021-2022&college=Pamplin%20College%20of%20Business&major=Accounting%20and%20Information%20Systems&sortby=O&isAsc=false

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:According to USNWR...

UVA is #36 in Accounting
VT is #48 in Accounting

JMU is not ranked in Accounting but is #114 for Business Programs

Interestingly (not a VA school)... but Loyola MD is also ranked #114 for Business Programs, but is ranked #31 in Accounting

JMU ranked in the top 20 publics by the WSJ for graduate salaries in accounting. VT did not.

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I've hired and interviewed both for Big 4 and for a public company (I'm a CPA hiring manager). UVA and W&M are equivalent. Next VT, then GMU and JMU. This is based on interviewing but also in having these grads work for me.

[Anonymous]

I'm a CPA. Run into a LOT of VT and JMU grads.

[Anonymous]

Why would anyone think the answer isn’t JMU?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've hired and interviewed both for Big 4 and for a public company (I'm a CPA hiring manager). UVA and W&M are equivalent. Next VT, then GMU and JMU. This is based on interviewing but also in having these grads work for me.

This is the answer.

[Anonymous]

Just look at highest pass rates for CPA. UVA followed by JMU at the top

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just look at highest pass rates for CPA. UVA followed by JMU at the top

UVA Wise. Who knew?

Highest First-Time CPA Exam Pass Rate with a Bachelor’s Degree
The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) releases reports including data on candidate performance on the Uniform CPA Exam.11 The following schools had the highest first-time CPA exam pass rates in Virginia in 2019 (the most recent report available*) for candidates with a bachelor’s degree, with the overall pass rate for first-time test-takers in Virginia being 62.2%:

University of Virginia’s College at Wise 90.9%
University of Virginia 86.5%
College of William & Mary 85.5%
Washington and Lee University 81.6%
James Madison University 79.9%
Old Dominion University 74.7%

https://www.discoverbusiness.us/education/accounting-degree/virginia/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just look at highest pass rates for CPA. UVA followed by JMU at the top

UVA Wise. Who knew?

Highest First-Time CPA Exam Pass Rate with a Bachelor’s Degree
The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) releases reports including data on candidate performance on the Uniform CPA Exam.11 The following schools had the highest first-time CPA exam pass rates in Virginia in 2019 (the most recent report available*) for candidates with a bachelor’s degree, with the overall pass rate for first-time test-takers in Virginia being 62.2%:

University of Virginia’s College at Wise 90.9%
University of Virginia 86.5%
College of William & Mary 85.5%
Washington and Lee University 81.6%
James Madison University 79.9%
Old Dominion University 74.7%

https://www.discoverbusiness.us/education/accounting-degree/virginia/

UVA Wise is a 4 year business program. UVA, W&M, and W&L are not.

These are all high pass rates with national average around 50%.