Accounting at Lewis University

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

Lewis is located in Romeoville, Illinois and has a total student population of 6,437. In 2021, 25 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Lewis.

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

Lewis Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Lewis Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Lewis compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Lewis 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
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	366
Most Popular Accounting Schools	829
Best Value Accounting Schools	1,127

Earnings of Lewis Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Lewis is $43,978. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting students.

Accounting Student Demographics at Lewis

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

Lewis Accounting Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Lewis. About 56% of these graduates were women and the other 44% were men. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Lewis since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Lewis are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Lewis University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• International Business
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Management Information Systems
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Marketing

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 IL, the home state for Lewis University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Accountants and Auditors	53,280	$81,060
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	50,800	$42,520
Financial Managers	40,040	$144,680
Financial Analysts	14,810	$88,760
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	4,240	$49,000

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.