Accounting at Aurora University

Every accounting school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the accounting program at Aurora University stacks up to those at other schools.

Aurora is located in Aurora, Illinois and has a total student population of 6,265. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Aurora.

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

Aurora Accounting Degrees Available

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

Aurora Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Aurora performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Aurora 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 Master’s Degree Schools	67
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	168
	208
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	279
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	297
	433
Most Focused Accounting Schools	1,095

In 2021, 17 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Aurora. This makes it the #298 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Aurora Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Aurora is $50,719. This is 10% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Aurora

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

Aurora 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 Aurora since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Aurora University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Aurora Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 accounting majors earned their master's degree from Aurora. Of these graduates, 35% were men and 65% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Aurora, 53% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 41% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing
• Business Administration & 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 IL, the home state for Aurora University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Accountants and Auditors	53,280	$81,060
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	50,800	$42,520
Financial Managers	40,040	$144,680
Financial Analysts	14,810	$88,760
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	4,240	$49,000

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.