Accounting at Suffolk University

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

Suffolk is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 7,186. Of the 706 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Suffolk University in 2019, 84 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.

Suffolk Accounting Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Suffolk

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

• Master’s Degree

Suffolk Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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 Master’s Degree Schools	30
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	67
Most Focused Accounting Schools	67
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	240
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	341

In 2019, 81 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Suffolk. This makes it the #67 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Suffolk

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

Suffolk Accounting Bachelor’s Program

In the 2018-2019 academic year, 84 students earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Suffolk. About 60% of these graduates were women and the other 40% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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 Suffolk University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	23
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	34
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Suffolk Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	40
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Suffolk 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 MA, the home state for Suffolk University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Accountants and Auditors	35,360	$81,460
Business Professors	4,050	$126,040
Credit Analysts	2,240	$84,020
Budget Analysts	1,710	$85,320
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	1,480	$70,780

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 Oxymoron under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.