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The following results appeared in the Nov. 30, 2003 edition of Public Accounting Report (PAR), one of the leading trade publications for the accounting profession. For the second year in a row, PAR accorded McCombs #1 rankings in accounting at all three degree levels—undergraduate, graduate and doctoral. This also marks the tenth year in a row that PAR has rated UT Austin's graduate programs in accounting #1 in the country. Public Accounting Report bases the rankings on the largest national survey of accounting academics.

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CPA Personnel Report's 22nd Annual Professor's Survey—2003 Top Undergraduate Programs				CPA Personnel Report's 22nd Annual Professor's Survey—2003 Top Graduate Programs
School	2003	2002		School	2003	2002
University of Texas	1	1		University of Texas	1	1
University of Illinois	2	2		University of Illinois	2	2
Brigham Young University	3	3		Brigham Young University	3	3
University of So. California	4	5		University of So. California	4	4
University of Notre Dame	5	4		University of Michigan	5	6
University of Michigan	6	6		University of Notre Dame	6	5
Northern Illinois University	7	7		University of North Carolina	7	11
University of Pennsylvania	8	12		The Ohio State University	8	12
University of Wisconsin	9	15		Indiana University	9	7
The Ohio State University	10	10		Northern Illinois University	10	16
Indiana University	11	9		University of Pennsylvania*	11	12
Miami (Ohio) University	12	8		University of Florida	12	8
University of Virginia	13	13		Texas A&M University	13	10
University of Florida	14	16		Michigan State University	14	17
Michigan State University	15	11		Arizona State University	15	18
Texas A&M University	16	14		University of Missouri	15	14
University of Georgia	17	17		University of Georgia	15	14
Arizona State University	18	18		University of Wisconsin	18	19
Wake Forest University*	19	20		University of Virginia	19	9
College of William and Mary	20	20		Wake Forest University	20	NR
*Offers five-year degree only, not a stand-alone bachelor’s degree.				NR = Not Rated. *Offers an MBA with accounting major, not a Master’s in accounting.

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