Accounting at University of Illinois at Springfield

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

UIS is located in Springfield, Illinois and approximately 4,146 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from UIS.

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

UIS Accounting Degrees Available

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

UIS Accounting Rankings

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

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 UIS 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 Master’s Degree Schools	79
Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	162
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	203
Most Focused Accounting Schools	324
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In 2021, 25 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UIS. This makes it the #204 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from UIS Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UIS is $46,603. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 1% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at UIS

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

UIS Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from UIS. Of these graduates, 52% were men and 48% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UIS since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at UIS 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 University of Illinois at Springfield with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	17
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UIS Accounting Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students earned a master's degree in accounting from UIS. About 40% of these graduates were women and the other 60% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. UIS does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 18% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from UIS, 64% 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 University of Illinois at Springfield with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	16
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• 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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Springfield.

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.