Accounting at University of Bridgeport

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

UBridgeport is located in Bridgeport, Connecticut and has a total student population of 4,155. Of the 689 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Bridgeport in 2021, 16 of them were accounting majors.

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

UBridgeport Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

UBridgeport Accounting Rankings

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

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 UBridgeport 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
	961
Most Popular Accounting Schools	1,091
	1,386
Best Value Accounting Schools	1,451
Most Focused Accounting Schools	1,517

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in accounting from UBridgeport. This is the #523 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at UBridgeport

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

UBridgeport Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from UBridgeport. About 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UBridgeport since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 University of Bridgeport with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• International Business
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• 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 CT, the home state for University of Bridgeport.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	17,520	$47,890
Financial Managers	15,750	$167,160
Accountants and Auditors	14,550	$84,890
Financial Analysts	6,240	$105,950
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1,820	$53,010

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 User:Magicpiano under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.