Fairfield Dolan alumni, along with Wake Forest grads, are the most likely to get hired by a Big Four accounting firm, according to higher ed research group, OnlineU.
Higher education research group OnlineU recently published a study showing Fairfield University is second among colleges with the highest number of alumni working at Big Four accounting firms (Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG, and PwC).
Analysis of LinkedIn alumni data of more than 300,000 accounting graduates, from nearly 100 colleges over the past decade, found 21.98 percent of Fairfield Dolan's Accounting program alumni working at Big Four firms — second to Wake Forest — and in a virtual tie with Lehigh University at 21.95 percent.
The news comes as no surprise as Fairfield Dolan continues to rise in national rankings. Most recently, U.S. News & World Report ranked Dolan’s undergraduate Accounting program at #21 nationally, and Dolan's MS in Accounting graduate program at #14 among the nation's 2022 Best Grad Business Specialty Programs.