Accounting at Vanderbilt University

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

Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 13,537.

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

Vanderbilt Accounting Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Vanderbilt Accounting Rankings

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Accounting Student Demographics at Vanderbilt

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

Vanderbilt Accounting Master’s Program

The accounting program at Vanderbilt awarded 41 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 54% of these degrees went to men with the other 46% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. Vanderbilt does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Vanderbilt, 88% 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 Vanderbilt University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	36
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Finance & Financial Management
• Human Resource Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Marketing
• 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 TN, the home state for Vanderbilt University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	30,480	$40,380
Accountants and Auditors	19,760	$69,690
Financial Managers	15,870	$111,460
Financial Analysts	4,510	$74,870
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	2,650	$44,650

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 Dansan4444 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.