Accounting at Bridgewater State University

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

Bridgewater State is located in Bridgewater, Massachusetts and approximately 10,651 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.

Bridgewater State Accounting Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Accounting (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Bridgewater State Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at Bridgewater State 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 Bridgewater State

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

Bridgewater State Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Bridgewater State since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Bridgewater State 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 Bridgewater State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	58
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Bridgewater State Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 68% went to women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Bridgewater State, 79% 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 Bridgewater State University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Bridgewater State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting and Finance	88
Accounting	24

Related Majors

• Business Administration & Management
• Marketing
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods

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 Bridgewater State University.

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 Jeremy Foote under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.