Accounting at Excelsior College

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what Excelsior College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Excelsior College is located in Albany, New York and approximately 30,008 students attend the school each year. In 2019, 1 accounting major received their bachelor's degree from Excelsior 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.

Excelsior College Accounting Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Excelsior College

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Excelsior College Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Excelsior 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 Excelsior 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
Most Popular Online Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	197
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	355
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	433
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	460
Most Popular Online Accounting Schools	475
Best Accounting Schools	788
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,106
Most Popular Accounting Schools	1,660
Most Focused Accounting Schools	2,091

In 2019, 5 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Excelsior College. This makes it the #460 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Excelsior College

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

Excelsior College Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 1 student graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from Excelsior College.

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

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

Excelsior College Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 5 students graduated with a master's degree in accounting from Excelsior College. About 60% were men and 40% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. Excelsior College does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 18% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Excelsior College, 60% 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 40% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within Accounting

Accounting majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Excelsior College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting and Business/Management	6

Related Majors

• Telecommunications Management
• Other Business, Management & Marketing
• Management Information Systems
• Human Resource Management
• General Business/Commerce

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 NY, the home state for Excelsior College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Accountants and Auditors	110,780	$96,300
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	104,580	$45,590
Financial Analysts	53,250	$137,270
Financial Managers	42,460	$210,510
Financial Examiners	9,030	$115,980

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 Snowy Brooklyn College under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.