Accounting at Auburn University

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if Auburn University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting program.

Auburn is located in Auburn, Alabama and approximately 30,737 students attend the school each year.

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

Auburn Accounting Degrees Available

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

Auburn Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at Auburn 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.

Accounting Student Demographics at Auburn

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

Auburn Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Auburn since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Auburn are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	121
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Auburn Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 62% went to women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Auburn, 90% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	74
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Accounting

Accounting majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Auburn University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	254

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Business/Managerial Economics
• International Business
• Management Information Systems
• Hospitality Management

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 AL, the home state for Auburn University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	21,260	$37,250
Accountants and Auditors	15,720	$70,310
Financial Managers	4,910	$128,690
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1,870	$40,700
Financial Analysts	1,330	$88,350

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
• Image Credit: By Robert S. Donovan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.