Accounting at Eastern Michigan University

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if Eastern Michigan University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting program.

Eastern Michigan is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and approximately 19,123 students attend the school each year. Of the 728 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Michigan University in 2019, 91 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.

Eastern Michigan Accounting Degrees Available

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

Eastern Michigan Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Eastern Michigan 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 Eastern Michigan 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	326
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	611
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	649
Best Accounting Schools	727

In 2019, 39 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Eastern Michigan. This makes it the #150 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Eastern Michigan

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

Eastern Michigan Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Eastern Michigan since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Eastern Michigan 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 Michigan University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	59
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Eastern Michigan Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 39 students who earned a master's degree in Accounting from Eastern Michigan in 2018-2019, 41% were men and 59% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Eastern Michigan, 69% 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 Eastern Michigan University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	27
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Auditing
• Other Accounting and Related Services

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 MI, the home state for Eastern Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Accountants and Auditors	33,610	$74,370
Business Professors	2,350	$107,140
Credit Analysts	1,310	$71,070
Budget Analysts	680	$76,980
Financial Examiners	550	$81,270

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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.