Accounting at Suffolk University

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

Suffolk is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 6,830 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.

Suffolk Accounting Degrees Available

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

Suffolk Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at Suffolk 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 Suffolk

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

Suffolk Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	21
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Suffolk Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	26
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Accounting

Accounting majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Suffolk University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	101
Accounting and Finance	4

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• General Business/Commerce
• Human Resource Management
• International Business
• Taxation

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 MA, the home state for Suffolk University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	45,570	$47,020
Accountants and Auditors	35,360	$81,460
Financial Managers	33,880	$148,300
Financial Analysts	13,400	$105,540
Business Professors	4,050	$126,040

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 Oxymoron under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.