2025 Best Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

2 Colleges in Illinois

88 Associate Degrees

Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #20 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for accounting technology/technician and bookkeeping students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 88 associate degrees in accounting technology/technician and bookkeeping during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to accounting technology/technician and bookkeeping students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other accounting technology/technician and bookkeeping students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized accounting technology/technician and bookkeeping related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for accounting technology/technician and bookkeeping students working on their associate degree.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping Associate Degree Schools in Illinois list, to help you choose the best school for you.