Accounting at New York University

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

NYU is located in New York, New York and approximately 51,847 students attend the school each year.

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

NYU Accounting Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Accounting
• Doctorate Degree in Accounting

NYU Accounting Rankings

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In 2019, 136 students received their master’s degree in accounting from NYU. This makes it the #21 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in accounting, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Accounting Student Demographics at NYU

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

NYU Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 62% went to women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	28
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	19
International Students	61
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

NYU also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2019, 3 students 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 NY, the home state for New York University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Accountants and Auditors	110,780	$96,300
Financial Examiners	9,030	$115,980
Business Professors	8,910	$110,500
Credit Analysts	7,440	$119,180
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	4,830	$70,560

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 Cincin12 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.