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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from ECSU.

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

Online Classes Are Available at ECSU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

• Master’s Degree

ECSU Accounting Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	105
	237
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	389
	390
Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	473
	576
Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	695
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	785
Best Accounting Schools	1,033
Best Value Accounting Schools	1,204

In 2021, 21 students received their master’s degree in accounting from ECSU. This makes it the #245 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from ECSU Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at ECSU is $48,596. This is 5% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from ECSU. About 55% were men and 45% were 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 14% more men than average.

About 82% 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	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

ECSU Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from ECSU, 81% 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	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	17
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

ECSU 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
• 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.