Accounting at Elon University

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

Elon is located in Elon, North Carolina and approximately 7,117 students attend the school each year.

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

Elon Accounting Degrees Available

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

Elon Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at Elon 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 Elon

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

Elon Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Elon since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Elon 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 Elon University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Elon Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. Elon does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Elon, 71% 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 Elon University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Accounting

If you plan to be a accounting major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Elon University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	75

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• International Business
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• 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 NC, the home state for Elon University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	46,570	$39,590
Accountants and Auditors	33,020	$76,880
Financial Managers	15,730	$149,710
Financial Analysts	8,930	$89,020
Financial Examiners	4,070	$71,310

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 MPD01605 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.