Accounting at Marquette University

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

Marquette is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 11,605. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 62 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Marquette.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

Marquette Accounting Degrees Available

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

Marquette Accounting Rankings

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

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 Marquette 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	35
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	39
Best Accounting Schools	47
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	280
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	340
Most Focused Accounting Schools	701

In 2019, 19 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Marquette. This makes it the #280 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Marquette

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

Marquette Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at Marquette awarded 62 bachelor's degrees in 2018-2019. About 56% of these degrees went to men with the other 44% going to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Marquette since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Marquette 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 Marquette University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	44
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Marquette Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 19 students who earned a master's degree in Accounting from Marquette in 2018-2019, 26% were men and 74% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Marquette 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 WI, the home state for Marquette University.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Accountants and Auditors	22,610	$68,410
Credit Analysts	1,820	$70,550
Financial Examiners	1,360	$76,680
Business Professors	1,210	$104,290
Budget Analysts	870	$72,380

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 scottfeldstein under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.