Accounting at Central Connecticut State University

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

CCSU is located in New Britain, Connecticut and approximately 11,822 students attend the school each year. Of the 704 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Central Connecticut State University in 2019, 151 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.

CCSU Accounting Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at CCSU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? CCSU offers distance education options for accounting at the following degree levels:

CCSU Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at CCSU 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 major at CCSU 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
Most Popular Online Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	16
Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	33
Most Focused Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	40
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	80
Most Popular Accounting Schools	93
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	98
Most Focused Accounting Schools	109
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	150
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	165
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	187
Most Popular Online Accounting Schools	245
Best Accounting Schools	289

In 2019, 36 students received their master’s degree in accounting from CCSU. This makes it the #165 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at CCSU

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

CCSU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 151 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from CCSU. Of these graduates, 46% were men and 54% were women.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at CCSU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Central Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	89
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

CCSU Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 36 students who graduated with a master’s in accounting from CCSU in 2019, 36% were men and 64% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from CCSU, 64% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Accounting and Business/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 CT, the home state for Central Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Accountants and Auditors	14,550	$84,890
Credit Analysts	1,110	$93,970
Budget Analysts	1,050	$82,880
Business Professors	990	$95,670
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	920	$84,990

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 Sage Ross under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.