Accounting at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

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 Rutgers University - New Brunswick stacks up to those at other schools.

Rutgers New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and has a total student population of 50,411. Of the 8,803 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University - New Brunswick in 2021, 146 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.

Rutgers New Brunswick Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Rutgers New Brunswick Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Rutgers New Brunswick 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 Rutgers New Brunswick 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	100

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from Rutgers New Brunswick Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Rutgers New Brunswick is $57,660. This is 25% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Rutgers New Brunswick

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

Rutgers New Brunswick Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 146 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from Rutgers New Brunswick. Of these graduates, 47% were men and 53% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Rutgers New Brunswick since its program graduates 5% 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 Rutgers University - New Brunswick with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	43
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	63
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Marketing
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Business Administration & Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• Human Resource 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 NJ, the home state for Rutgers University - New Brunswick.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	43,380	$46,860
Accountants and Auditors	37,370	$90,400
Financial Managers	21,340	$175,880
Financial Analysts	10,560	$106,100
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	4,130	$47,450

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 Zampromote under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.