Hey folks – title kind of says it all. High school senior, 34ACT/3.6 uw cumulative, probably headed to Bama for the scholarships and to get out of the Midwest. Niche ranks them as the 46th best accounting school in the nation. How good is it in the area, and nationwide? Do accounting folks recruit at Bama, or is it an LA/NYC exclusive profession? Are there good, established firms in the South?
Alabama has a top ranked Acounting school and the Big Four recruit there.
As I mentioned above, The Big Four recruit at Bama…they also donate to the accounting program.
Below is just some random stuff about the Bschool and Accountig
https://culverhouse.ua.edu/the-culverhouse-school-of-accountancy
The Culverhouse School of Accountancy is a charter member of the Federation of Schools of Accountancy. The School holds accounting accreditation at both the undergraduate and graduate levels
Bschool facts
Culverhouse Points of Pride
How We Rank
In the U.S. News & World Report 2018 Rankings Manderson Graduate School of Business ranks 29th among public universities, 4th in the SEC and 53rd overall
14th Best Online Master’s program by U.S. News & World Report
5th Best Online Graduate program for veterans by U.S. News & World Report
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Ranked 8th best Undergrad and Ph.D. Accounting program in the nation by the 2017 Public Accounting Report, Masters is ranked 9th**
Manderson MBA named 54th Top MBA Program in the U.S. by U.S. News & World Report
Master’s of Science in Marketing ranked #17 in the nation by TFE Times
Ranked one of 25 best business schools in the world to make connections and get a job, GraduatePrograms.com
Ranked by Poets & Quants as the #1 over-performing MBA program indicating the school produces far better MBA graduates than U.S. News & World Report peer assessments indicate
Student Successes
Manderson MBA Team placed first in the 2016 SEC MBA Case Competition.
Master of Marketing student team placed in Top 10 Percent in 2015 International Google Challenge.
Culverhouse student wins first place in the 2016 Dow Big Data Challenge.
The Association for Information Systems Student chapter places first in 2016 Merck Analytics Challenge.
UA STEM Path to the MBA students are participating in the prestigious EcoCAR 3 Challenge by the U.S. Department of Energy and General Motors Corp. The University is ONE of 16 selected for the EcoCAR 3 competition. UA Team named Team to Watch in 2015 and the team placed 4th in Year Two Competition.
It is very good; one of the better programs at UA. I would put a lot more stock in the PAR rating than Niche. And as @mom2collegekids said, the Big Four recruit at Bama. Even if it’s a local office of a Big Four firm that’s there, you’ll be able to interview for other locations.