Accounting at Nova Southeastern University

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

NUS Florida is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and approximately 20,888 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,413 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Nova Southeastern University in 2021, 14 of them were accounting majors.

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

NUS Florida Accounting Degrees Available

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

NUS Florida Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at NUS Florida compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 NUS Florida 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 Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	674

In 2021, 101 students received their master’s degree in accounting from NUS Florida. This makes it the #36 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at NUS Florida

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

NUS Florida Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 14 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from NUS Florida in 2021, 71% were men and 29% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at NUS Florida since its program graduates 30% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NUS Florida Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 101 students who graduated with a master’s in accounting from NUS Florida in 2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 72% of degree recipients. That is 36% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	49
White	22
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• General Business/Commerce
• Taxation
• Real Estate
• International Business
• Entrepreneurial Studies

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 FL, the home state for Nova Southeastern University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	97,300	$40,220
Accountants and Auditors	71,940	$71,790
Financial Managers	29,050	$132,850
Financial Analysts	13,400	$78,280
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	7,520	$42,520

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 Dgreco under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.