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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. Of the 5,120 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Kent State University at Kent in 2021, 139 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.

Kent State Accounting Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Kent State

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Kent State offers distance education options for accounting at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

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.

In 2021, 19 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Kent State. This makes it the #269 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Kent State Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Kent State is $47,664. This is 3% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

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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

47% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 139 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from Kent State in 2021, 53% were men and 47% were 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 11% more men than average.

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About 81% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 113
International Students 7
Other Races/Ethnicities 8

Kent State Accounting Master’s Program

63% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 19 students who graduated with a master’s in accounting from Kent State in 2021, 37% were men and 63% were women.

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Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Kent State, 89% 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.

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

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

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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