Accounting at Roosevelt University

Every accounting school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the accounting program at Roosevelt University stacks up to those at other schools.

Roosevelt is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 4,680 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 43 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Roosevelt.

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

Roosevelt Accounting Degrees Available

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

Roosevelt Accounting Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Roosevelt 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
	133
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	363
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	392
Most Popular Accounting Schools	411

In 2021, 21 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Roosevelt. This makes it the #245 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Roosevelt Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Roosevelt is $45,800. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting students.

Accounting Student Demographics at Roosevelt

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

Roosevelt Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at Roosevelt awarded 43 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 47% of these degrees went to men with the other 53% going to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Roosevelt since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Roosevelt University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	15
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Roosevelt Accounting Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students earned a master's degree in accounting from Roosevelt. About 67% of these graduates were women and the other 33% were men.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 48% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Real Estate
• Marketing
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Finance & Financial Management
• Hospitality 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 IL, the home state for Roosevelt University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Accountants and Auditors	53,280	$81,060
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	50,800	$42,520
Financial Managers	40,040	$144,680
Financial Analysts	14,810	$88,760
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	4,240	$49,000

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 Teemu008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.