Accounting at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 385 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from UIUC.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at UIUC 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	522

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

Earnings of UIUC Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UIUC is $65,425. This is 41% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 385 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from UIUC. About 54% were men and 46% were 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 13% 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	76
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	38
White	155
International Students	101
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

UIUC 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
• Management Information Systems
• 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 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
• Image Credit: By Beyond My ken under License

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