Accounting at Eastern Connecticut State University

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

ECSU is located in Willimantic, Connecticut and has a total student population of 4,644.

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

ECSU Accounting Degrees Available

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

ECSU Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at ECSU 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 ECSU

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

ECSU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 37% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at ECSU since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at ECSU 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 Eastern Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

ECSU Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. ECSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from ECSU, 85% 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 Eastern Connecticut State University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Accounting

The following accounting concentations are available at Eastern Connecticut State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Eastern Connecticut State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	59

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Human Resource Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• Business Administration & 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 CT, the home state for Eastern 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 John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.