PhD in Accounting

Thank u ( both of u). I am a post graduate in commerce from India with 70% marks for accounting subjects. I have two years teaching experience (Accounting and financial management) at post graduate level. I have almost narrowed down my research interests in accounting. How much I should score for GMAT to get into a good US university (with a fine doctoral program in accounting) ?

I would also take a close look at Rochester and Stanford.

The following link has some information on PhD admit stats including GMAT scores:

https://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=14304

To get into a top 10 US school in accounting, you need to have a very good score on the GMAT (probably over 740). A background in economics or advanced math/statistics will greatly help (probably more so than good LORs).

As for good schools in accounting, there a few studies (search for Lawrence D. Brown or Larry M. Robinson on SSRN.com) that rely on publications, placement and citations. No ranking is perfect but this is a good start. Here's the top 10 from Robinson and Adler (2002):

1. Stanford
2. Wharton
3. Harvard
4. Rochester
5. Cornell
6. Yale
7. Carnegie Mellon
8. Chicago
9. Michigan
10. NYU

This is based on mean # of citations from 1988 to 2002 by faculty members who were at each school in 2002. This kind of "adjusted for size" ranking puts bigger teaching schools like Michigan (and NYU, I guess) at a disadvantage since these schools will invariably attract some faculty who will only teach. Also, faculty members tend to move a lot (especially untenured) so this type of ranking is doomed to be flawed sometime, but still it's a start.