Accounting at Eastern Kentucky University

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

Eastern is located in Richmond, Kentucky and approximately 14,465 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 50 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Eastern.

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

Eastern Accounting Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in Accounting (1 - 4 Years)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Eastern Accounting Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Eastern 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools	235
Best Value Accounting Schools	972
Best Accounting Schools	1,064
	1,171

Earnings of Eastern Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Eastern is $39,625. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting students.

Accounting Student Demographics at Eastern

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

Eastern Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 50 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Eastern in 2020-2021, 54% were men and 46% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Eastern since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 98% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Eastern 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 Kentucky University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	49
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• Management Information Systems
• Construction Management
• Insurance
• 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 KY, the home state for Eastern Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	19,450	$37,950
Accountants and Auditors	11,160	$67,080
Financial Managers	6,190	$114,420
Financial Analysts	1,710	$69,830
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1,620	$41,290

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 Alpha 40475 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.