Accounting at SUNY Oswego

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

SUNY Oswego is located in Oswego, New York and approximately 7,636 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 57 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from SUNY Oswego.

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 Oswego Accounting Degrees Available

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

SUNY Oswego Accounting Rankings

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

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 SUNY Oswego 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 Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	262
	432

In 2021, 22 students received their master’s degree in accounting from SUNY Oswego. This makes it the #235 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from SUNY Oswego Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at SUNY Oswego is $40,410. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting students.

Accounting Student Demographics at SUNY Oswego

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

SUNY Oswego Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 57 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from SUNY Oswego in 2020-2021, 61% were men and 39% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at SUNY Oswego since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at SUNY Oswego 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 SUNY Oswego with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	45
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SUNY Oswego Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 accounting majors earned their master's degree from SUNY Oswego. Of these graduates, 64% were men and 36% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. SUNY Oswego does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 22% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from SUNY Oswego, 68% 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 SUNY Oswego with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Insurance
• Human Resource Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing
• 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 NY, the home state for SUNY Oswego.

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 Lordvaluemart under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.