Accounting and Finance at Bentley University

If you are interested in studying accounting and finance, you may want to check out the program at Bentley University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Bentley is located in Waltham, Massachusetts and approximately 5,460 students attend the school each year. Of the 933 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bentley University in 2019, 80 of them were accounting and finance majors.

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

Bentley Accounting and Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and Finance

Bentley Accounting and Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting and finance progam at Bentley compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 and finance major at Bentley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting and Finance. 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 and Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Popular Accounting and Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Most Focused Accounting and Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Popular Accounting and Finance Schools	8
Most Focused Accounting and Finance Schools	16

Accounting and Finance Student Demographics at Bentley

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

Bentley Accounting and Finance Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of accounting and finance bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. The typical accounting and finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at Bentley since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting and finance at Bentley are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bentley University with a bachelor's in accounting and finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	45
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Bentley also has a doctoral program available in accounting and finance. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Accounting

Careers That Accounting and Finance Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting and finance can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Bentley University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Accountants and Auditors	35,360	$81,460
Financial Managers	33,880	$148,300
Financial Analysts	13,400	$105,540
Budget Analysts	1,710	$85,320

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 Rob1646 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.