Accounting at Boston College

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 Boston College stacks up to those at other schools.

Boston College is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 14,934.

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

Boston College Accounting Degrees Available

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

Boston College Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at Boston College 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 Boston College

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

Boston College Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 34% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Boston College since its program graduates 24% more men than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Boston College 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 Boston College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	50
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Boston College Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 69% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	33
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Accounting

If you plan to be a accounting major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Boston College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	151
Other Accounting and Related Services	1

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• 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 MA, the home state for Boston College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	45,570	$47,020
Accountants and Auditors	35,360	$81,460
Financial Managers	33,880	$148,300
Financial Analysts	13,400	$105,540
Business Professors	4,050	$126,040

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 Harvey D. Egan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.