Accounting at California State University - Northridge

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 State University - Northridge stacks up to those at other schools.

CSUN is located in Northridge, California and approximately 40,381 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.

CSUN Accounting Degrees Available

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

CSUN Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at CSUN 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 CSUN

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

CSUN Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at CSUN since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 State University - Northridge with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	51
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	69
White	103
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

CSUN Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. CSUN does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Northridge with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	19
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within Accounting

Accounting majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at California State University - Northridge. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	338

Related Majors

• Real Estate
• Human Resource Management
• Taxation
• Hospitality Management
• 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 State University - Northridge.

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 Cbl62 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.