Accounting at Boston College

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

Boston College is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 14,720. In 2019, 96 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Boston College.

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

Boston College Accounting Degrees Available

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

Boston College Accounting Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Boston College 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	9
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	13
Best Accounting Schools	16
Most Popular Accounting Schools	106
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	125
Most Focused Accounting Schools	425

In 2019, 81 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Boston College. This makes it the #67 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Boston College

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

Boston College Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 96 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from Boston College in 2019, 61% were men and 39% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Boston College since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Boston College 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 Boston College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	76
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Boston College Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 81 students graduated with a master's degree in accounting from Boston College. About 16% were men and 84% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Boston College with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	63
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

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 MA, the home state for Boston College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Accountants and Auditors	35,360	$81,460
Business Professors	4,050	$126,040
Credit Analysts	2,240	$84,020
Budget Analysts	1,710	$85,320
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	1,480	$70,780

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 Harvey D. Egan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.