Accounting at Thomas Edison State University

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at Thomas Edison State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

TESU is located in Trenton, New Jersey and has a total student population of 10,495. In 2021, 33 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from TESU.

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

TESU Accounting Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at TESU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

TESU Accounting Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at TESU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27
Most Popular Online Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53
Most Popular Online Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools	84
	88
Best Value Accounting Schools	173
	259
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	403
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	516
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	519
Best Accounting Schools	696

In 2021, 1 student received their master’s degree in accounting from TESU. This is the #502 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of TESU Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at TESU is $42,221. 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 TESU

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

TESU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at TESU since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Thomas Edison State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

TESU Accounting Master’s Program

The accounting program at TESU awarded 1 master's degree in 2020-2021.

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Business Support & Assistant Services
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing
• Human Resource 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 NJ, the home state for Thomas Edison State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	43,380	$46,860
Accountants and Auditors	37,370	$90,400
Financial Managers	21,340	$175,880
Financial Analysts	10,560	$106,100
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	4,130	$47,450

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.