Accounting at Excelsior College

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

Excelsior College is located in Albany, New York and has a total student population of 21,974. Of the 3,053 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Excelsior College in 2021, 103 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.

Excelsior College Accounting Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Excelsior College

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.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Excelsior College Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Excelsior College 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 Excelsior College 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 Schools	38
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	129
Best Value Accounting Schools	153
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	387
Most Focused Accounting Schools	1,154

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Excelsior College. This makes it the #388 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Excelsior College

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

Excelsior College Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 103 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from Excelsior College. About 37% were men and 63% were women.

About 96% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Excelsior College 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 College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	99
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Excelsior College Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Excelsior College, 80% 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 College with a master's in accounting.

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

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

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 College.

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.