Accounting at Syracuse University

Every accounting school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the accounting program at Syracuse University stacks up to those at other schools.

Syracuse is located in Syracuse, New York and approximately 22,803 students attend the school each year. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 107 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Syracuse.

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

Syracuse Accounting Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Syracuse

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Syracuse Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Syracuse 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 Syracuse 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	10
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	52
Most Popular Accounting Schools	89
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	135
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	185
Most Focused Accounting Schools	636
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	812

In 2019, 94 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Syracuse. This makes it the #50 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Syracuse

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

Syracuse Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 107 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2018-2019 from Syracuse, about 64% were men and 36% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Syracuse since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Syracuse are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	57
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Syracuse Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 66% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	27
International Students	43
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Syracuse 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 NY, the home state for Syracuse 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 Justing under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.