World's Best Universities
Accounting and Finance
Accounting students gain skills to become accountants, financial managers, auditors, and more. Students who major in finance can pursue many career paths as well, including commercial banking and corporate finance. These are the world's top universities for accounting and finance. See the methodology.
| Rank | School | Overall Score | Academic Reputation Score | Employer Reputation Score | Citations per Paper Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #26 |
University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Hong Kong |
79.0 | 72.0 | 88.8 | 75.0 |
| #27 |
Cornell University
United States |
78.3 | 75.0 | 79.7 | 89.4 |
| #28 |
Monash University
Australia |
78.2 | 70.6 | 90.2 | 67.8 |
| #29 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
78.1 | 73.6 | 85.9 | 69.1 |
| #30 |
Duke University
United States |
78.0 | 77.1 | 76.7 | 88.1 |
| #31 |
Northwestern University
United States |
77.3 | 74.6 | 78.5 | 86.0 |
| #32 |
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore |
76.8 | 71.8 | 87.2 | 60.3 |
| #33 |
University of Michigan
United States |
76.6 | 76.6 | 74.0 | 86.5 |
| #33 |
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
United States |
76.6 | 76.3 | 74.1 | 87.9 |
| #35 | 76.3 | 76.1 | 75.9 | 78.9 | |
| #36 |
Tsinghua University
China |
76.1 | 63.6 | 91.0 | 79.0 |
| #37 |
University of Toronto
Canada |
75.9 | 75.6 | 75.7 | 77.7 |
| #38 | 75.0 | 69.2 | 83.8 | 69.1 | |
| #38 |
University of Auckland
New Zealand |
75.0 | 68.5 | 83.7 | 72.8 |
| #40 |
Seoul National University (SNU)
South Korea |
73.8 | 65.7 | 84.5 | 71.5 |
| #41 |
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Netherlands |
73.7 | 71.1 | 75.6 | 79.3 |
| #42 |
Fudan University
China |
72.1 | 62.7 | 89.1 | 50.8 |
| #42 |
McGill University
Canada |
72.1 | 63.7 | 80.4 | 81.1 |
| #42 |
University of Manchester
United Kingdom |
72.1 | 69.2 | 75.3 | 73.8 |
| #45 |
University of Adelaide
Australia |
72.0 | 64.0 | 82.2 | 71.1 |
| #46 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
United States |
71.2 | 68.6 | 71.8 | 82.2 |
| #47 |
University of Western Australia (UWA)
Australia |
70.9 | 67.3 | 75.6 | 70.2 |
| #48 |
Imperial College London
United Kingdom |
70.8 | 68.7 | 75.4 | 63.2 |
| #49 |
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Hong Kong |
70.7 | 63.0 | 79.2 | 75.0 |
| #50 |
Lancaster University
United Kingdom |
70.5 | 72.8 | 69.4 | 63.2 |













