Accounting at Kent State University at Kent

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

Kent State is located in Kent, Ohio and has a total student population of 26,822.

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

Kent State Accounting Degrees Available

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

Kent State Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at Kent State 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 Kent State

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

Kent State Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Kent State since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Kent State 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 Kent State University at Kent with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	77
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Kent State Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Kent State, 83% 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 Kent State University at Kent with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	15
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 Kent State University at Kent. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	158

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Human Resource Management
• Construction 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 OH, the home state for Kent State University at Kent.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	54,850	$39,830
Accountants and Auditors	45,670	$72,370
Financial Managers	19,980	$135,610
Financial Analysts	9,260	$80,060
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	5,680	$43,980

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 JonRidinger under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.