What This Site Does
Comparing forensic accounting programs is hard because the facts sit on different school pages, and some schools publish a price per credit while others publish a yearly rate. We collect 66 programs at 55 schools into one place, put cost, credits, format, and accreditation side by side, and rank each program against others at the same degree level.
Every program has its own review, and every ranking explains why a program appears where it does. Guides, career pages, and certification pages use the same sources, so a figure on one page can be checked against the others.
Editor
Haley Hankins
Bachelor of Arts Business Administration: Accounting, Portland State University
I hold a BA in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from Portland State University. My path there wasn't a straight line. I transferred several times and switched majors before I found accounting, so I know firsthand how confusing it can be to choose the right program.
I'm based in the Pacific Northwest, and I research and rank forensic accounting programs using a consistent scoring system, so you can compare your options.
Questions about a page go to hello@savomediagroup.com.
How We Verify Programs
Researchers read each school's own program, tuition, and admissions pages in October 2026 and recorded what the school states: credits, per-credit rate, format, admissions rules, the forensic and fraud courses in the curriculum, hands-on casework, and certification preparation.
We then joined that record to federal data, with completion rates from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and graduate earnings from the College Scorecard, and checked accreditation against the official program lists. Credential preparation and partnership membership are recorded program by program.
Each program review lists the school pages we used. When a source does not publish a figure, the page leaves it out rather than guessing. The methodology page explains how the eight scored factors work and what each one weighs.
Our Editorial Standards
- Primary sources first. Costs and formats come from the school, completion rates from IPEDS, graduate earnings from the College Scorecard, occupation pay from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and accreditation from the accreditor's own list.
- No invented figures. We do not estimate or fill gaps. If a school does not publish a number, we leave it off.
- Data dates on every page. Program data was last verified in October 2026, and each page shows when it was updated.
- No promises. Occupation pay describes a whole field, and graduate earnings are past medians, so neither is a promise of what you will earn. Finishing a degree does not guarantee a job or a certification.
Corrections
If a price, requirement, or accreditation on a page is out of date, email the editor with the page address and a link to the school's page. We check every report against the source and correct verified errors.
How the Site Is Funded
We may earn money when you ask a school for information or enroll through a link on this site. That never changes a program's rank: schools can't pay for a higher score, and every program's cost, accreditation and pay data is reported the same way.