Accounting at University of Notre Dame

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

Notre Dame is located in Notre Dame, Indiana and approximately 12,809 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,848 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Notre Dame in 2021, 106 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.

Notre Dame Accounting Degrees Available

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

Notre Dame Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Notre Dame performed in these rankings.

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 Notre Dame 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
Best Accounting Schools	1
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	1
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	197
Best Value Accounting Schools	734

In 2021, 26 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Notre Dame. This makes it the #198 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from Notre Dame Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Notre Dame is $66,502. This is 44% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Notre Dame

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

Notre Dame Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at Notre Dame awarded 106 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 Notre Dame since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Notre Dame 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 Notre Dame with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	70
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Notre Dame Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 26 students who graduated with a master’s in accounting from Notre Dame in 2021, 69% were men and 31% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. Notre Dame does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 28% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Notre Dame, 85% 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 Notre Dame with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	22
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Marketing
• General Business/Commerce
• Business Administration & Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods

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 IN, the home state for University of Notre Dame.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	27,970	$38,300
Accountants and Auditors	20,100	$70,780
Financial Managers	7,520	$119,820
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	3,210	$40,720
Financial Analysts	3,010	$78,290

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 Ssantera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.