Accounting at Rockford University

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

Rockford is located in Rockford, Illinois and has a total student population of 1,203. Of the 64 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rockford University in 2019, 9 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.

Rockford Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Rockford Accounting Rankings

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

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 Rockford 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	382
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	586
Most Focused Accounting Schools	605
Best Accounting Schools	695
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	808
Most Popular Accounting Schools	1,072

Accounting Student Demographics at Rockford

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

Rockford Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from Rockford in 2019, 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Rockford since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% 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 Rockford University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Rockford 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 IL, the home state for Rockford University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Accountants and Auditors	53,280	$81,060
Business Professors	4,030	$107,910
Credit Analysts	3,330	$77,800
Financial Examiners	2,120	$102,690
Budget Analysts	1,450	$75,700

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.