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🇮🇪 Best Accounting Programs in Ireland by ROI
Ranked by ROI score — net salary after rent and living costs, weighted by graduation rate, relative to total degree tuition. Salary figures are median graduate earnings from government data (2026).
| # | University | ROI | Salary (€) | Payback | Tuition (€/yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dundalk Institute of Technology Accounting and Related Services. | 80.0 | €26,000 | 1 yrs | €13,000 |
| 2 | TUS - Athlone Campus Accounting and Related Services. | 79.0 | €26,000 | 1 yrs | €13,000 |
| 3 | TUS - Limerick Campuses Accounting and Related Services. | 77.0 | €26,000 | 1 yrs | €13,500 |
| 4 | Dublin Business School Accounting and Related Services. | 70.5 | €32,000 | 1 yrs | €11,500 |
| 5 | Mary Immaculate College Accounting and Related Services. | 70.0 | €40,000 | 1 yrs | €12,000 |
| 6 | National College of Ireland Accounting and Related Services. | 70.0 | €40,000 | 1 yrs | €11,000 |
| 7 | Griffith College Cork Accounting and Related Services. | 67.0 | €40,000 | 1 yrs | €11,500 |
| 8 | Griffith College Dublin Accounting and Related Services. | 65.0 | €40,000 | 1 yrs | €12,000 |
| 9 | ATU - Donegal Campuses Accounting and Related Services. | 62.4 | €40,000 | 1 yrs | €12,500 |
| 10 | Technological University Dublin Accounting and Related Services. | 61.0 | €32,000 | 1 yrs | €14,000 |
| 11 | SETU - Carlow Campus Accounting and Related Services. | 60.8 | €40,000 | 1 yrs | €13,000 |
| 12 | ATU - Sligo Campus Accounting and Related Services. | 60.8 | €40,000 | 1 yrs | €13,000 |
| 13 | ATU - Galway Campuses Accounting and Related Services. | 60.0 | €40,000 | 1 yrs | €13,500 |
| 14 | SETU - Waterford Campus Accounting and Related Services. | 59.3 | €40,000 | 1 yrs | €13,500 |
| 15 | MTU - Cork Campuses Accounting and Related Services. | 58.6 | €40,000 | 1 yrs | €14,000 |
| 16 | Maynooth University Accounting and Related Services. | 52.5 | €40,000 | 2 yrs | €16,000 |
| 17 | Dublin City University Accounting and Related Services. | 50.0 | €40,000 | 2 yrs | €17,000 |