Accounting at California Lutheran 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 California Lutheran University stacks up to those at other schools.

CLU is located in Thousand Oaks, California and approximately 4,027 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 47 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from CLU.

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

CLU Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

CLU Accounting Rankings

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

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 CLU 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
	45
	75

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from CLU Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at CLU is $62,706. This is 35% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at CLU

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

CLU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at CLU since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 California Lutheran University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Human Resource Management
• International Business
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Finance & Financial 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 California Lutheran 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 Niceley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.