Accounting at Biola University

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what Biola University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Biola is located in La Mirada, California and approximately 5,815 students attend the school each year. Of the 826 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Biola University in 2021, 22 of them were accounting majors.

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

Biola Accounting Degrees Available

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

Biola Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Biola 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 Biola 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 Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	155
Most Popular Accounting Schools	674

In 2021, 13 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Biola. This makes it the #349 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from Biola Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Biola is $42,927. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting students.

Accounting Student Demographics at Biola

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

Biola Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 22 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Biola, about 55% were men and 45% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Biola since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% 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 Biola University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Biola Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students graduated with a master's degree in accounting from Biola. About 46% were men and 54% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. Biola does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Biola, 62% 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 Biola University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• General Business/Commerce
• 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 CA, the home state for Biola University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	186,970	$47,750
Accountants and Auditors	148,600	$84,430
Financial Managers	81,350	$157,480
Financial Analysts	37,900	$109,640
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	22,650	$51,520

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 J. Boser under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.