Accounting at Bradley University

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

Bradley is located in Peoria, Illinois and approximately 5,882 students attend the school each year. Of the 297 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bradley University in 2019, 43 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.

Bradley Accounting Degrees Available

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

Bradley Accounting Rankings

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

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 Bradley 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 Master’s Degree Schools	46
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	84
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	95
Most Focused Accounting Schools	211
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	219
Most Popular Accounting Schools	319
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	347

In 2019, 26 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Bradley. This makes it the #219 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Bradley

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

Bradley Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at Bradley awarded 43 bachelor's degrees in 2018-2019. About 65% of these degrees went to men with the other 35% going to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Bradley since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Bradley 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 Bradley University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	33
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Bradley Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 31% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 46% men graduate in accounting each year. Bradley does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 24% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Bradley, 77% 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 Bradley University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Bradley 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 IL, the home state for Bradley University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Accountants and Auditors	53,280	$81,060
Business Professors	4,030	$107,910
Credit Analysts	3,330	$77,800
Financial Examiners	2,120	$102,690
Budget Analysts	1,450	$75,700

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 AscendedAnathema under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.