Accounting at Central Connecticut State University

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what Central Connecticut State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CCSU is located in New Britain, Connecticut and has a total student population of 10,652. Of the 1,906 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Central Connecticut State University in 2021, 123 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.

CCSU Accounting Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at CCSU

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? CCSU offers distance education options for accounting at the following degree levels:

CCSU Accounting Rankings

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

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 CCSU 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
Most Popular Online Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	15
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	102

In 2021, 127 students received their master’s degree in accounting from CCSU. This makes it the #25 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of CCSU Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at CCSU is $45,705. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting students.

Accounting Student Demographics at CCSU

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

CCSU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 123 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from CCSU. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at CCSU since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at CCSU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Central Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	63
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

CCSU Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 127 students who earned a master's degree in Accounting from CCSU in 2020-2021, 51% were men and 49% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. CCSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from CCSU, 62% 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 Central Connecticut State University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	79
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Hospitality Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Management Information Systems
• Construction Management
• Marketing

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 CT, the home state for Central Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	17,520	$47,890
Financial Managers	15,750	$167,160
Accountants and Auditors	14,550	$84,890
Financial Analysts	6,240	$105,950
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1,820	$53,010

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 Sage Ross under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.