Accounting at Loyola University Chicago

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

Loyola Chicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 16,893 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.

Loyola Chicago Accounting Degrees Available

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

Loyola Chicago Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at Loyola Chicago 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 Loyola Chicago

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

Loyola Chicago Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Loyola Chicago since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Loyola Chicago 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 Loyola University Chicago with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	47
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Loyola Chicago Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Loyola Chicago, 76% 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 Loyola University Chicago with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Loyola University Chicago. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	112

Related Majors

• Other Business, Management & Marketing
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Human Resource Management
• International Business
• Business/Managerial Economics

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 Loyola University Chicago.

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
• Image Credit: By Amerique under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.