Accounting at LIU Post

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 LIU Post stacks up to those at other schools.

LIU Post is located in Brookville, New York and approximately 15,066 students attend the school each year.

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

LIU Post Accounting Degrees Available

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

LIU Post Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at LIU Post 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 LIU Post

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

LIU Post Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at LIU Post since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	16
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

LIU Post Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 31% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. LIU Post does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 27% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from LIU Post, 54% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from LIU Post with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 LIU Post. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	56

Related Majors

• Taxation
• Human Resource Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• General Sales & Marketing
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & 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 NY, the home state for LIU Post.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.