Coleges with good accounting program

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Anonymous wrote:JMU.

And wow, a sophomore and already the obsession with colleges?

Wow. Useless and unnecessary comment.

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Poets&Quants’ Best Undergraduate Business Schools Of 2024

2024’S BEST UNDERGRAD BUSINESS SCHOOLS
To get to the final ranking, we take the schools’ index scores in each of the three categories (Admission Standards, Career Outcomes, and Academic Experience) and weight them each 33.3%.

Our full 2024 ranking of the Best Undergraduate Business Schools is presented below.

2024 FINAL RANK

1. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
2. University of Southern California (Marshall)
3. Georgetown University (McDonough)
4. University of Virginia (McIntire)
5. University of Michigan (Ross)
6. Cornell University (Dyson SC John)
7. University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)
8. University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)
9. New York University (Stern)
10. Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller)
11. Washington University in St. Louis (Olin)
12. Villanova University
13. Emory University (Goizueta)
14. Indiana University (Kelley)
15. University of Illinois (Gies)
16. Northeastern University (D’Amore-McKim)
17. Boston University (Questrom)
18. University of Richmond (Robins)
19. University of Washington (Foster)
20. Bucknell (Freeman)

+1

Pick some of the schools on that list which your kid identifies with. Can't go wrong.

That's business. NOt accounting. Big difference

+1. If your kid wants to be an accountant or CPA there is no need for a big-time business program

Important if the student decides against majoring in accounting after taking a couple of accounting courses.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
Poets&Quants’ Best Undergraduate Business Schools Of 2024

2024’S BEST UNDERGRAD BUSINESS SCHOOLS
To get to the final ranking, we take the schools’ index scores in each of the three categories (Admission Standards, Career Outcomes, and Academic Experience) and weight them each 33.3%.

Our full 2024 ranking of the Best Undergraduate Business Schools is presented below.

2024 FINAL RANK

1. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
2. University of Southern California (Marshall)
3. Georgetown University (McDonough)
4. University of Virginia (McIntire)
5. University of Michigan (Ross)
6. Cornell University (Dyson SC John)
7. University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)
8. University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)
9. New York University (Stern)
10. Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller)
11. Washington University in St. Louis (Olin)
12. Villanova University
13. Emory University (Goizueta)
14. Indiana University (Kelley)
15. University of Illinois (Gies)
16. Northeastern University (D’Amore-McKim)
17. Boston University (Questrom)
18. University of Richmond (Robins)
19. University of Washington (Foster)
20. Bucknell (Freeman)

+1

Pick some of the schools on that list which your kid identifies with. Can't go wrong.

That's business. NOt accounting. Big difference

+1. If your kid wants to be an accountant or CPA there is no need for a big-time business program

Important if the student decides against majoring in accounting after taking a couple of accounting courses.

This is what I’m afraid of with my college daughter who’s an Accounting major. She’s in a good college, large public instate but it’s not a Wall Street feeder. I’m hoping she stays on the accounting track.

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Accountants are in such high demand, you can pretty much go anywhere and get into a big 4 if your grades are good and you can self motivate/navigate the recruiting process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:
Poets&Quants’ Best Undergraduate Business Schools Of 2024

2024’S BEST UNDERGRAD BUSINESS SCHOOLS
To get to the final ranking, we take the schools’ index scores in each of the three categories (Admission Standards, Career Outcomes, and Academic Experience) and weight them each 33.3%.

Our full 2024 ranking of the Best Undergraduate Business Schools is presented below.

2024 FINAL RANK

1. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
2. University of Southern California (Marshall)
3. Georgetown University (McDonough)
4. University of Virginia (McIntire)
5. University of Michigan (Ross)
6. Cornell University (Dyson SC John)
7. University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)
8. University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)
9. New York University (Stern)
10. Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller)
11. Washington University in St. Louis (Olin)
12. Villanova University
13. Emory University (Goizueta)
14. Indiana University (Kelley)
15. University of Illinois (Gies)
16. Northeastern University (D’Amore-McKim)
17. Boston University (Questrom)
18. University of Richmond (Robins)
19. University of Washington (Foster)
20. Bucknell (Freeman)

+1

Pick some of the schools on that list which your kid identifies with. Can't go wrong.

That's business. NOt accounting. Big difference

Right!!

[Anonymous]

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/business-accounting

UT Austin Accounting is #1 - for a good reason - and for quite a few years

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/business-accounting

UT Austin Accounting is #1 - for a good reason - and for quite a few years

+1

Also, UT admits some of the their top McCombs students into their integrated MPA program (Masters in Professional Accounting, for undergraduates interested in a BBA & MPA). It's often started toward end of the 4th year and into 5th year. These students have fantastic job outcomes in the accounting industry. Check out UT's MPA program.

Admission to UT McCombs from OOS is pretty tough, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Curious how your dd picked accounting. It seems like a good career path to me but whenever I ask business or finance or accounting people about it, they always say it is boring as hell

ha, ha. I work for a mid size company and all the people in Accounting do look miserable. LOL.

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Anonymous wrote:How is the outlook for accountants? I have read that there will be less demand due to outsourcing and automation. Is there any truth in those claims?

No. There will be an accounting shortage.

+1. Many accountants are retirement age now, expected to lose something like 20% of current CPAs due to retirement soon.

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Anonymous wrote:Curious how your dd picked accounting. It seems like a good career path to me but whenever I ask business or finance or accounting people about it, they always say it is boring as hell

ha, ha. I work for a mid size company and all the people in Accounting do look miserable. LOL.

I think it can depend on the type of accounting and the company. My DH is a tax accountant, self-employed, and loves it, planning to work forever. Where I'm in healthcare and I'm worn down, counting down the days until I can retire.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Curious how your dd picked accounting. It seems like a good career path to me but whenever I ask business or finance or accounting people about it, they always say it is boring as hell

Some people want to be secured financial first, and enjoy their free time with hobbies and travel, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:The top are UT-Austin, Notre Dame, Wake Forest, UNC

Top 5:

Texas
UIUC
BYU
Indiana
Michigan

My CPA kid has worked in 2 accounting firms in Chicago with lots of Indiana U & U of Illinois accountants. They are reportedly no better than people who went to Loyola-Chicago, Michigan State, Northern Illinois, DePaul, or many other schools.

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Once heard an expert say accounting is fascinating; it’s accountants that are boring. Accounting is similar to putting a very complicated jigsaw puzzle together—all the parts belong somewhere, & the challenge is finding exactly where.

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Anonymous wrote:Curious how your dd picked accounting. It seems like a good career path to me but whenever I ask business or finance or accounting people about it, they always say it is boring as hell

ha, ha. I work for a mid size company and all the people in Accounting do look miserable. LOL.

I think it can depend on the type of accounting and the company. My DH is a tax accountant, self-employed, and loves it, planning to work forever. Where I'm in healthcare and I'm worn down, counting down the days until I can retire.

Same here. In healthcare and if I was 18 again, I think I would choose accounting.

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Anonymous wrote:Curious how your dd picked accounting. It seems like a good career path to me but whenever I ask business or finance or accounting people about it, they always say it is boring as hell

Some people want to be secured financial first, and enjoy their free time with hobbies and travel, etc.

+1! Definitely. Some people want to be marketable immediately after college, start paying off student debt if they have any, or just be secure as PP stated and have time (and money!) to enjoy hobbies. Also, if they find accounting “boring” they can always branch off into other financial/business areas after a few years experience. Accounting is the backbone of businesses so it’s easier to move into other areas after some experience.