Accounting at Eastern Illinois University

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

EIU is located in Charleston, Illinois and has a total student population of 7,526. Of the 193 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Illinois University in 2019, 44 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.

EIU Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

EIU Accounting Rankings

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

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 EIU 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 Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	78
Most Focused Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	78
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	276
Best Accounting Schools	318
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	339
Most Popular Accounting Schools	456
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	489
Most Focused Accounting Schools	733

Accounting Student Demographics at EIU

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

EIU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 44 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from EIU. About 45% were men and 55% were women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at EIU 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 Eastern Illinois University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	32
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

EIU 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 Eastern Illinois 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 Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.