Accounting at University of Portland

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if University of Portland is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting program.

University of Portland is located in Portland, Oregon and approximately 3,999 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 33 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from University of Portland.

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

University of Portland Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

University of Portland Accounting Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at University of Portland 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	88
	124
	201
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	273
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	403
Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	660
Most Popular Accounting Schools	697

Earnings of University of Portland Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at University of Portland is $58,067. This is 25% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at University of Portland

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

University of Portland Accounting Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from University of Portland. About 36% of these graduates were women and the other 64% were men. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at University of Portland since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Portland with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	15
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Business Administration & Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing

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 OR, the home state for University of Portland.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	23,960	$41,840
Accountants and Auditors	11,890	$71,450
Financial Managers	7,830	$118,680
Financial Analysts	2,390	$92,640
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	2,060	$46,620

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 M.O. Stevens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.