Accounting at Adelphi University

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at Adelphi University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Adelphi is located in Garden City, New York and has a total student population of 7,584. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Adelphi.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

Adelphi Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Adelphi Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Adelphi compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Adelphi is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	89
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	240
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	364
Most Popular Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools	404
Best Value Accounting Schools	1,391

In 2021, 25 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Adelphi. This makes it the #204 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Adelphi

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Adelphi University.

Adelphi Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Adelphi since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Adelphi are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Adelphi University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Adelphi Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 25 students who earned a master's degree in Accounting from Adelphi in 2020-2021, 52% were men and 48% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. Adelphi does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Adelphi, 56% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Adelphi University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Adelphi also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Business, Management & Marketing
• Human Resource Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Adelphi University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Accountants and Auditors	110,780	$96,300
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	104,580	$45,590
Financial Analysts	53,250	$137,270
Financial Managers	42,460	$210,510
Financial Examiners	9,030	$115,980

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.