Accounting at Northern Essex Community College

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

NECC is located in Haverhill, Massachusetts and approximately 4,715 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.

NECC Accounting Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Accounting

NECC Accounting Rankings

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Accounting Student Demographics at NECC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Northern Essex Community College.

NECC Accounting Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 8% of accounting associate's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

NECC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in accounting graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Business Support & Assistant Services
• Hospitality Management
• Business Administration & Management
• General Business/Commerce

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 MA, the home state for Northern Essex Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	45,570	$47,020
Accountants and Auditors	35,360	$81,460
Financial Managers	33,880	$148,300
Financial Analysts	13,400	$105,540
Business Professors	4,050	$126,040

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.