Accounting at Rhode Island College

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

RIC is located in Providence, Rhode Island and approximately 7,766 students attend the school each year. Of the 298 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rhode Island College 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.

RIC Accounting Degrees Available

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

RIC Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at RIC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 RIC 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 Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	106
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	172
Most Focused Accounting Schools	204
Most Popular Accounting Schools	241
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	275
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	368
Best Accounting Schools	432
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	452
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	461

In 2019, 2 students received their master’s degree in accounting from RIC. This makes it the #452 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at RIC

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

RIC Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 91 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from RIC. Of these graduates, 41% were men and 59% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	44
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

RIC Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 2 accounting students who graduated with a master's degree in 2018-2019 from RIC, about 50% were men and 50% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from RIC, 100% 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 Rhode Island College with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

RIC 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 RI, the home state for Rhode Island College.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Accountants and Auditors	4,420	$81,090
Credit Analysts	740	$75,050
Business Professors	400	$127,400
Financial Examiners	380	$89,470
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	330	$72,190

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 Arctichistorian01 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.