Accounting at SUNY Old Westbury

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if SUNY Old Westbury is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting program.

SUNY Old Westbury is located in Old Westbury, New York and approximately 5,007 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 104 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from SUNY Old Westbury.

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

SUNY Old Westbury Accounting Degrees Available

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

SUNY Old Westbury Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how SUNY Old Westbury performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at SUNY Old Westbury 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
Most Focused Accounting Schools	58
	161
Most Popular Accounting Schools	196
Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	329
Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	422
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	698
	700
Best Value Accounting Schools	770

In 2021, 19 students received their master’s degree in accounting from SUNY Old Westbury. This makes it the #269 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of SUNY Old Westbury Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at SUNY Old Westbury is $44,861. This is less than $46,292, which is the national average of all accounting majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Accounting Student Demographics at SUNY Old Westbury

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at SUNY Old Westbury.

SUNY Old Westbury Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 104 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SUNY Old Westbury, about 53% were men and 47% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at SUNY Old Westbury since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 SUNY Old Westbury with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	37
White	35
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

SUNY Old Westbury Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students graduated with a master's degree in accounting from SUNY Old Westbury. About 47% were men and 53% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. SUNY Old Westbury does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Taxation
• Human Resource Management
• Marketing
• Finance & Financial 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 NY, the home state for SUNY Old Westbury.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Accountants and Auditors	110,780	$96,300
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	104,580	$45,590
Financial Analysts	53,250	$137,270
Financial Managers	42,460	$210,510
Financial Examiners	9,030	$115,980

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 crz4mets2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.