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2023 Best Accounting Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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Finding the Best Accounting Basic Certificate School for You

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which business program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Business Degree Central has created the Best Accounting Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 79 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best basic certificate programs for business students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Accounting Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Check out the accounting basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 15% Best Accounting Basic Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Chattahoochee Technical College to be the best school for accounting students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Southeast Region . Chattahoochee Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Marietta.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means West Georgia Technical College is a great place for accounting students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Waco, West Georgia Technical College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Wake Technical Community College is a great place for accounting students working on their basic certificate. Located in the suburb of Raleigh, Wake Technical Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#4

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

The excellent basic certificate programs at Auburn University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best accounting schools in the Southeast Region . Auburn is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Auburn.

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#5

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Miami is a great place for accounting students working on their basic certificate. U Miami is a large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Coral Gables.

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Rasmussen University - Florida came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Accounting Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Rasmussen University - Florida is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the city of Ocala.

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Northern Virginia Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for accounting students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Annandale, Northern Virginia Community College is a public college with a very large student population.

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Georgia Northwestern Technical College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Accounting Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the city of Rome, Georgia Northwestern Technical College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Seminole State College of Florida did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for accounting students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the small city of Sanford, Seminole State is a public school with a large student population.

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#10

Broward College

Fort Lauderdale, FL

With a ranking of #10, Broward College did quite well on this year’s best schools for accounting students working on their basic certificate. Located in the midsize city of Fort Lauderdale, BC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #11, Southern Crescent Technical College did quite well on this year’s best schools for accounting students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large suburb of Griffin, Southern Crescent Technical College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great schools for Accounting students in the Southeast Region that almost earned our Best Accounting Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region award.

Rank College Location
12 Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte, NC
13 Athens Technical College Athens, GA
14 Delgado Community College New Orleans, LA
15 Gwinnett Technical College Lawrenceville, GA

Best Accounting Colleges by State

Explore the best accounting colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 3,730
Georgia 2,324
Tennessee 1,222
Louisiana 880
Virginia 1,858
North Carolina 2,113
West Virginia 519
Alabama 1,554
Mississippi 1,076
South Carolina 987
Arkansas 626
Kentucky 748

Accounting is one of 21 different types of business programs to choose from.

Accounting Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Accounting 68,501
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 19,139
Accounting and Finance 3,781
Accounting and Business/Management 1,538
Other Accounting and Related Services 844
Auditing 179

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 403,753
General Business/Commerce 56,779
Finance & Financial Management 54,690
Marketing 52,078
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 48,037

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Pixabay.

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