Accounting at University of Illinois at Chicago

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

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 33,518. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 166 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from UIC.

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

UIC Accounting Degrees Available

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

UIC Accounting Rankings

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

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 UIC 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 Master’s Degree Schools	223

In 2021, 23 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UIC. This makes it the #224 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from UIC Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UIC is $53,944. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 17% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at UIC awarded 166 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 57% of these degrees went to men with the other 43% going to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UIC since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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 Illinois at Chicago with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	57
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	43
White	44
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

UIC Accounting Master’s Program

The accounting program at UIC awarded 23 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 35% of these degrees went to men with the other 65% going to women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from UIC, 57% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Human Resource Management
• Marketing
• Business Administration & Management
• 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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Accountants and Auditors	53,280	$81,060
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	50,800	$42,520
Financial Managers	40,040	$144,680
Financial Analysts	14,810	$88,760
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	4,240	$49,000

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 Hied5 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.