Accounting at Excelsior University

Every accounting school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the accounting program at Excelsior University stacks up to those at other schools.

Excelsior University is located in Albany, New York and has a total student population of 21,974.

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

Excelsior University Accounting Degrees Available

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

Excelsior University Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at Excelsior University 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 Excelsior University

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

Excelsior University Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Excelsior University since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Excelsior University 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 Excelsior University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	72
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Excelsior University Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 69% went to women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Excelsior University, 62% 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 Excelsior University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Accounting

Accounting majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Excelsior University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	103
Accounting and Business/Management	10

Related Majors

• Telecommunications Management
• Marketing
• Management Information Systems
• Finance & Financial Management
• General Business/Commerce

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 NY, the home state for Excelsior University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Accountants and Auditors	110,780	$96,300
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	104,580	$45,590
Financial Analysts	53,250	$137,270
Financial Managers	42,460	$210,510
Financial Examiners	9,030	$115,980

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 Snowy Brooklyn College under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.