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Accounting at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Accounting at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and has a total student population of 11,366.

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

SIUC Accounting Degrees Available

  • Undergrad Certificate in Accounting (1 - 4 Years)
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at SIUC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SIUC offers distance education options for accounting at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

SIUC Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at SIUC 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.

Accounting Student Demographics at SIUC

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

SIUC Accounting Bachelor’s Program

57% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 43% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women.

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About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at SIUC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 47
International Students 6
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Accountants and Auditors 53,280 $81,060
Business Professors 4,030 $107,910
Credit Analysts 3,330 $77,800
Financial Examiners 2,120 $102,690
Budget Analysts 1,450 $75,700

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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