Accounting in California.

Calcruzer
Sat, 20 May 2006 22:48:40 +0000

The top ranked accounting business programs this year (2006) per US News and World Report were:

1. U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign

2. University of Texas–Austin (McCombs)

3. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)

4. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

5. Univ. of Southern California (Marshall)

6. New York University (Stern)

7. University of California–Berkeley (Haas)

8. Brigham Young Univ.–Provo (Marriott) (UT)

9. Indiana University–Bloomington (Kelley)
U. of North Carolina–Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)

10. University of Florida (Warrington)
University of Notre Dame (IN)

11. Ohio State University–Columbus (Fisher)

12. Wake Forest University (Calloway) (NC)

13. University of Washington

14. Arizona State University (Carey)

15. University of Arizona (Eller)
University of Georgia (Terry)

16. Michigan State University (Broad)

17. Bentley College (MA)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (Sloan)
University of Iowa (Tippie)
Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison

18. Texas A&M Univ.–College Station (Mays)

19. Northern Illinois University
University of Alabama (Culverhouse)
Univ. of Minnesota–Twin Cities (Carlson)

20. Miami University–Oxford (Farmer) (OH)
University of Illinois–Chicago
Univ. of Missouri–Columbia
University of Virginia (McIntire)

So yes, USC ranks well (5th), as does UC Berkeley (7th) and Arizona State (16th)–but as someone else on here pointed out, it’s not like applying for an IB (investment banking position). Where you graduated from is not as important that you did graduate and have the necessary courses–and can pass the CPA exam.