Accounting at Eastern Oregon University

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

EOU is located in La Grande, Oregon and approximately 2,853 students attend the school each year. Of the 584 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Oregon University in 2021, 22 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.

EOU Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at EOU

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.

EOU does offer online education options in accounting for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

EOU Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at EOU 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 EOU 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	20
Most Focused Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	33
Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	49
Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	281
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	387
Best Accounting Schools	484
	804
Most Popular Accounting Schools	855

Accounting Student Demographics at EOU

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

EOU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 68% went to women.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at EOU 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 Oregon University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• General Business/Commerce
• 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 OR, the home state for Eastern Oregon University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	23,960	$41,840
Accountants and Auditors	11,890	$71,450
Financial Managers	7,830	$118,680
Financial Analysts	2,390	$92,640
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	2,060	$46,620

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 Visitor7 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.