Accounting Graduate Schools
Top Accounting Graduate Schools
If you are hoping to gain a solid education at one of the accounting graduate schools in the nation, the U.S. News & World Report magazine has listed their top three choices in 2007. These accounting graduate schools are ranked on the basis of student satisfaction, college exam scores, student/teacher ratios, and job placement rates. If you are looking to advance your accounting degree, these accounting graduate schools may well meet your needs.
The University of Texas (Austin) is home to the McCombs School of Business; the most highly rated accounting graduate schools in the nation. The school tuition rates are quite high, but the education is excellent. Current tuition rates for these accounting graduate schools programs are $38,000 per year for in-state students and $55,000 per year for out of state students. Some of this expense can be reduced. Owning a laptop deducts about $1,600 from this tuition bill, providing your own housing can help save almost $14,000 a year.
Accounting graduate schools programs offered by the University of Pennsylvania are offered at their Wharton campus. Students enrolling in Wharton accounting graduate schools programs must successfully pass the GMAT (Graduate Management Admissions Test) and TOEFL (Test Of English as a Foreign Language). The TOEFL is not necessary if you provide a transcript from a college in an English speaking country. Wharton yearly tuition rates for their accounting graduate schools programs are currently $72,000 per year including room and board. This seems extremely high, but remember that graduates of Wharton program earn average starting wages of $100,000 per year.
University of Michigan in Ann Arbor holds third place on the list of best accounting graduate schools. Yearly tuition rates at University of Michigan are $61,500 for in-state residents and $66,500 for out-of-state residents. College housing is expensive, $960 per month, so if students can arrange less expensive housing, they may be able to drastically cut housing expenses.
