While PwC continues to lead Vault’s ranking of the best accounting firms to work for, it no longer holds the title of “most prestigious accounting firm.” That now belongs to Deloitte.

Vault, which provides career resources and advice to students and job seekers, just came out with its 18th annual ranking of accounting firms based solely on prestige. Of the previous 17 prestige rankings, PwC has been number one 15 times, including the last 14 years in a row. But in Vault’s 2024 prestige ranking, Deloitte knocked PwC out of the top spot with a score of 8.793 compared to PwC’s 8.784. Rounding out the top five were the other two Big Four firms, EY and KPMG, and Grant Thornton.

This is the second time Deloitte has finished atop Vault’s prestige ranking, taking the title in 2009 as well. The only other firm besides PwC and Deloitte to be named “most prestigious” was EY in 2007.

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For its ranking, Vault asked more than 11,000 accounting professionals to complete a survey that consisted of questions about life at the accountant’s firm (or former firm) and a prestige rating. Survey participants were asked to rate firms other than their own on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the most prestigious. Participants were asked only to rate firms with which they were familiar and were not permitted to rate their own (or former) firm. Vault then averaged the prestige scores for each firm and ranked them in order.

Based on the results of the survey, here are Vault’s 50 most prestigious accounting firms for 2024:

1. Deloitte
2. PwC
3. EY
4. KPMG
5. Grant Thornton
6. BDO USA
7. RSM US
8. Baker Tilly
9. Crowe
10. CohnReznick
11. Moss Adams
12. CliftonLarsonAllen
13. Marcum
14. EisnerAmper
15. Plante Moran
16. CBIZ
17. BKD
18. Eide Bailly
19. Mazars USA
20. Cherry Bekaert
21. Citrin Cooperman
22. Withum
23. Armanino
24. Wipfli
25. PKF O’Connor Davies
26. Cohen & Co.
27. UHY Advisors
28. The Siegfried Group
29. RubinBrown
30. Novogradac & Co.
31. Aronson
32. Elliott Davis
33. Carr, Riggs, & Ingram
34. Weaver
35. BPM
36. Bennett Thrasher
37. Berdon
38. Grassi
39. Anchin
40. Frazier & Deeter
41. Sikich
42. Frank, Rimerman + Co.
43. Whitley Penn
44. SingerLewak
45. HCVT
46. HBK
47. Aprio
48. Kaufman Rossin Group
49. Wolf & Co.
50. Horne