Accounting at San Diego State University

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

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and approximately 36,334 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.

SDSU Accounting Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Accounting

SDSU Accounting Rankings

In 2021, 34 students received their master’s degree in accounting from SDSU. This makes it the #159 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from SDSU Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at SDSU is $47,197. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 2% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at SDSU

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

SDSU Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 34 students who graduated with a master’s in accounting from SDSU in 2021, 47% were men and 53% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. SDSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from SDSU, 53% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	18
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Finance & Financial Management
• Other Business, Management & Marketing
• Hospitality Management
• International Business

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 CA, the home state for San Diego State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	186,970	$47,750
Accountants and Auditors	148,600	$84,430
Financial Managers	81,350	$157,480
Financial Analysts	37,900	$109,640
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	22,650	$51,520

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 Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.