Best Accountant programs in Florida, ranked by enrollment
Examine, analyze, and interpret accounting records to prepare financial statements, give advice, or audit and evaluate statements prepared by others.
41 schools in Florida run programs that feed this job, graduating 2,851 people a year. The job pays a median of $79,250 in Florida across about 91,000 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Florida that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
4 programs in Florida that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Florida (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Florida page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accountingmain feeder CIP 52.0301In Florida → | 2,758 | 96.7% | 39 | $51,824 | $24,433 |
| 2 | Accounting and Financemain feeder CIP 52.0304In Florida → | 59 | 2.1% | 6 | $51,824 | $24,433 |
| 3 | Taxationmain feeder CIP 52.1601In Florida → | 19 | 0.7% | 1 | — | — |
| 4 | Accounting and Business/Managementmain feeder CIP 52.0305In Florida → | 15 | 0.5% | 3 | $51,824 | $24,433 |
Top 25 schools in Florida
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 21 of the 41 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL Public · 2 feeder programs | 367 | Accounting | $56,600 | 63% | — | 66% |
| 2 | University of South Florida Tampa, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 326 | Accounting | $54,371 | 77% | — | 43% |
| 3 | Florida International University Miami, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 299 | Accounting | $54,963 | 74% | — | 55% |
| 4 | University of Central Florida Orlando, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 266 | Accounting | $55,203 | 78% | — | 40% |
| 5 | Florida State University Tallahassee, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 200 | Accounting | $55,626 | 86% | — | 24% |
| 6 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 198 | Accounting | $65,144 | 91% | — | 24% |
| 7 | Ana G. Mendez University Orlando, FL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 129 | Accounting | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | University of West Florida Pensacola, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 113 | Accounting | $44,370 | 59% | — | 58% |
| 9 | The University of Tampa Tampa, FL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 111 | Accounting | $52,690 | 64% | $33,070 | 40% |
| 10 | Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 99 | Accounting | $51,301 | 57% | — | 63% |
| 11 | Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale, FL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 89 | Accounting | $42,923 | 61% | $35,483 | 97% |
| 12 | University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 86 | Accounting | $58,514 | 69% | — | 53% |
| 13 | University of Miami Coral Gables, FL Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 78 | Accounting | — | 84% | $26,589 | 19% |
| 14 | Florida Southern College Lakeland, FL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 58 | Accounting | $36,669 | 71% | $28,325 | 64% |
| 15 | Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 57 | Accounting | — | 63% | $31,672 | 73% |
| 16 | Daytona State College Daytona Beach, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 28 | Accounting | — | 43% | — | — |
| 17 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Tallahassee, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 27 | Accounting | — | 53% | — | 21% |
| 18 | Saint Leo University Saint Leo, FL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 27 | Accounting | $49,811 | 45% | $18,986 | 78% |
| 19 | Indian River State College Fort Pierce, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 26 | Accounting | $43,624 | 45% | — | — |
| 20 | Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, FL Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 25 | Accounting | $48,888 | 64% | $33,585 | 58% |
| 21 | St. Thomas University Miami Gardens, FL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 25 | Accounting | — | 48% | $25,464 | 98% |
| 22 | Jacksonville University Jacksonville, FL Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 24 | Accounting and Finance | — | 51% | $25,813 | 57% |
| 23 | PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE Pensacola, FL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 22 | Accounting | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Santa Fe College Gainesville, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 21 | Accounting | — | 53% | — | — |
| 25 | Flagler College Saint Augustine, FL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 20 | Accounting | $49,896 | 56% | $28,070 | 81% |
All 41 schools in Florida
Every school in Florida with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Atlantic University | Boca Raton | Public | 367 | 2 |
| University of South Florida | Tampa | Public | 326 | 1 |
| Florida International University | Miami | Public | 299 | 1 |
| University of Central Florida | Orlando | Public | 266 | 1 |
| Florida State University | Tallahassee | Public | 200 | 1 |
| University of Florida | Gainesville | Public | 198 | 1 |
| Ana G. Mendez University | Orlando | Private not-for-profit | 129 | 1 |
| University of West Florida | Pensacola | Public | 113 | 1 |
| The University of Tampa | Tampa | Private not-for-profit | 111 | 1 |
| Florida Gulf Coast University | Fort Myers | Public | 99 | 1 |
| Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale | Fort Lauderdale | Private not-for-profit | 89 | 1 |
| University of North Florida | Jacksonville | Public | 86 | 1 |
| University of Miami | Coral Gables | Private not-for-profit | 78 | 2 |
| Florida Southern College | Lakeland | Private not-for-profit | 58 | 1 |
| Nova Southeastern University | Fort Lauderdale | Private not-for-profit | 57 | 1 |
What accountants and auditors earn in Florida
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $83,680. Florida pays below the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Florida
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Accountants and Auditors page.
How to become a Accountant
Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0- Typical entry education
- Bachelor's degree
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Top skills
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Florida
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 7 majors mapped to Accountants and Auditors7 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 30.1601Accounting and Computer Science
- 43.0405Financial Forensics and Fraud Investigation
- 52.0301Accounting
- 52.0303Auditing
- 52.0304Accounting and Finance
- 52.0305Accounting and Business/Management
- 52.1601Taxation
Common questions
Answers for people weighing accountants and auditors programs in Florida.
What degree do you need to become an Accountant?+
Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Accounting, which awarded 2,758 degrees in Florida in 2024-25, 96.7% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming an Accountant?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 4 programs to this occupation. The largest are Accounting and Related Services, Taxation. Together they graduate about 2,851 people a year in Florida.
How much do accountants and auditors earn in Florida?+
The median is $79,250 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 5.3% below the U.S. median of $83,680. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for accountants and auditors growing?+
BLS projects a +4.6% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 124,200 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Florida?+
41 institutions in Florida reported graduates from at least one of the 4 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do accountants and auditors work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Auditor, Accountant, Financial Auditor, Certified Public Accountant (CPA) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 13-2011.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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