Accounting at Rhode Island College

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

RIC is located in Providence, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 7,072. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 83 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from RIC.

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

RIC Accounting Degrees Available

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

RIC Accounting Rankings

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

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 RIC 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 Focused Accounting Schools	302
	687
Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	893
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	921
Best Accounting Schools	1,256

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in accounting from RIC. This makes it the #450 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of RIC Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at RIC is $42,172. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting students.

Accounting Student Demographics at RIC

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

RIC Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 83 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from RIC. Of these graduates, 49% were men and 51% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at RIC since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Rhode Island College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	41
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

RIC Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students graduated with a master's degree in accounting from RIC. About 60% were men and 40% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. RIC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 18% more men than average.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

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

RIC 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
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing
• Business Administration & 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 RI, the home state for Rhode Island College.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	6,150	$44,120
Accountants and Auditors	4,420	$81,090
Financial Managers	2,580	$145,120
Financial Analysts	1,010	$80,650
Credit Analysts	740	$75,050

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 Arctichistorian01 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.