Accounting at New England College

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

NEC is located in Henniker, New Hampshire and approximately 4,483 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 10 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from NEC.

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

NEC Accounting Degrees Available

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

NEC Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how NEC performed in these rankings.

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 NEC 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
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	223
Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools	387
	394
Best Value Accounting Associate Degree Schools	424
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	485
Most Focused Accounting Associate Degree Schools	678
Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	985
Best Value Accounting Schools	1,261

In 2021, 23 students received their master’s degree in accounting from NEC. This makes it the #224 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of NEC Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at NEC is $45,831. This is less than $46,292, which is the national average of all accounting majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Accounting Student Demographics at NEC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at New England College.

NEC Accounting Associate’s Program

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

NEC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in accounting graduates 31% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New England College with a associate's in accounting.

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

NEC Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from NEC. About 40% were men and 60% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at NEC 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 New England College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NEC Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

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

Related Majors

• Finance & Financial Management
• Hospitality Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• General Business/Commerce
• Human Resource 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 NH, the home state for New England College.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	7,960	$42,170
Accountants and Auditors	5,300	$72,690
Financial Managers	3,580	$124,700
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	740	$48,590
Financial Analysts	720	$94,680

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 WikiReminder77 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.