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CPA Schools in Chicago

Chicago, IL (population: 2,878,948) has twenty-two CPA schools within its city limits. Loyola University Chicago, the highest ranked school in the city with a CPA program, has a total student population of 15,879. It is the 144th highest ranked school in the USA and the 3rd highest in the state of Illinois (#1 is Northwestern University).

CPA students from Chicago schools who go on to become certified public accountants, accountants, finance accountants, tax accountants, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 1,106,980 people working as accountants and auditors alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $67,430. Also, Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents make on average $53,800 per year and there are about 69,500 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet Metropolitan area alone, there are 1,000 employed tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents earning an average salary of $76,750. Accountants and auditors in this area earn $72,380/yr and there are 32,880 employed.

Chicago lies in Cook county, which is one of the 49 counties in Illinois. Overall, the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet Metropolitan area has 3,669,800 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $24/hr average worker wage, and a $48,910 average annual salary. Thus, about 9 out of every 1000 jobs in Chicago are held by accountants and auditors, and 0/1000 are held by tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents.

Of the 22 CPA schools in Chicago, only 7 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Loyola University Chicago comes out as the most expensive ($27,955/yr) for CPA students, with BIR Training Center as the lowest, reported at only $3,504/yr.

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