Accounting at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

37% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and has a total student population of 52,679.

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

UIUC Accounting Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

UIUC Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at UIUC 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.

Accounting Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC Accounting Bachelor’s Program

49% Women

37% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 51% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 49% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UIUC since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	80
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	138
International Students	79
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

Concentrations Within Accounting

If you plan to be a accounting major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	385

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 Urbana-Champaign.

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
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