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Accounting at Northern Arizona University

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Accounting at Northern Arizona University

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

NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and approximately 29,566 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 91 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from NAU.

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

NAU Accounting Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Accounting (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

NAU Accounting Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at NAU 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 Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools 249
730

Earnings of NAU Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at NAU is $45,050. This is less than $46,292, which is the national average of all accounting majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Accounting Student Demographics at NAU

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

NAU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

52% Women
32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The accounting program at NAU awarded 91 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 48% of these degrees went to men with the other 52% going to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at NAU since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

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About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at NAU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 15
White 51
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 18

NAU 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 AZ, the home state for Northern Arizona University.

Occupation Jobs in AZ Average Salary in AZ
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 23,280 $40,930
Accountants and Auditors 20,030 $69,190
Financial Managers 11,400 $117,620
Financial Analysts 5,330 $78,650
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 2,830 $42,570

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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