Accounting at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

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

SIUE is located in Edwardsville, Illinois and approximately 12,860 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 77 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from SIUE.

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

SIUE Accounting Degrees Available

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

SIUE Accounting Rankings

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

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 SIUE 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 Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	19
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	215
Most Popular Accounting Schools	256
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	351

In 2021, 24 students received their master’s degree in accounting from SIUE. This makes it the #216 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of SIUE Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at SIUE is $47,324. 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 SIUE

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

SIUE Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 77 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from SIUE in 2020-2021, 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at SIUE since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at SIUE 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 Edwardsville with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	60
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SIUE Accounting Master’s Program

The accounting program at SIUE awarded 24 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 71% of these degrees went to men with the other 29% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. SIUE does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 29% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from SIUE, 88% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Marketing
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Construction Management
• 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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

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 Illinois2011 (Tyler Warren) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.