Largest Accounting Schools in the Philippines as of 2011

This list of the largest accounting schools in the Philippines is based on the number of examinees in the October 2011 Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Licensure Exam:

No. of Examinees       School        Passing Rate

1.  659   POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MAIN-STA. MESA   60.24%

2.  386   UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS   88.86%

3.  306   PHILIPPINE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION QUEZON CITY   22.88%

4.  169   SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   62.13%

5.  144   PHILIPPINE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MANILA   34.03%

6.  138   UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST - MANILA    58.70%

7.  120   PAMANTASAN NG LUNGSOD NG MAYNILA   68.33%

8.  115   ATENEO DE DAVAO UNIVERSITY    73.91%

9.  113   FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY MANILA    64.60%

10. 105   UNIVERSITY OF LUZON (LUZON COLLEGE)    23.81%

11. 100   HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY   67.00%


Number of Examinees from Schools Above in the May 2011 CPA Licensure Exam


1.   474   POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MAIN-STA. MESA 38.40%

2.   260   PHILIPPINE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION QUEZON CITY 20.38%

3.   203   SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY 45.81%

4.   170   UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS 71.76%

5.   144   PHILIPPINE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MANILA 38.19%

6.   99    UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST - MANILA 39.39%

7.   91   UNIVERSITY OF LUZON (LUZON COLLEGE) 19.78%

8.   61   PAMANTASAN NG LUNGSOD NG MAYNILA 60.66%

9.   41   HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY 63.41%

10.  32   FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY MANILA  50.00%

11.  30   ATENEO DE DAVAO UNIVERSITY   73.33%

NOTE 1: This ranking of the largest accounting schools in the Philippines is not ACCURATE as ranking should be based on each school's total number of students enrolled in ACCOUNTING.
We used the CPA Board Exam data because not all schools publish their enrollment data.

NOTE 2: For all schools above, a number of Examinees are Repeaters.

Top Accounting Schools in the Philippines, based on the Oct 2011 CPA Exam Results