Accounting at Bradley University

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

Bradley is located in Peoria, Illinois and approximately 5,855 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,287 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bradley University in 2021, 46 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.

Bradley Accounting Degrees Available

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

Bradley Accounting Rankings

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

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 Bradley 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	68
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	75
Best Accounting Schools	117
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	190
Most Popular Accounting Schools	364

In 2021, 27 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Bradley. This makes it the #191 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from Bradley Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Bradley is $58,768. This is 27% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Bradley

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

Bradley Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 46 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Bradley in 2020-2021, 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Bradley since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Bradley 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 Bradley University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	40
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Bradley Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 accounting majors earned their master's degree from Bradley. Of these graduates, 48% were men and 52% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. Bradley does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Bradley, 89% 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 Bradley University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	24
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• General Sales & Marketing
• Management Information Systems
• Hospitality Management
• Telecommunications Management
• Business/Managerial Economics

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 Bradley 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
• Image Credit: By AscendedAnathema under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.