Accounting at University of Illinois at Chicago

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

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 31,683 students attend the school each year. In 2019, 174 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from UIC.

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

UIC Accounting Degrees Available

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

UIC Accounting Rankings

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

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 UIC 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 Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	60
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	154
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	368
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	547
Most Focused Accounting Schools	650

In 2019, 40 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UIC. This makes it the #147 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at UIC awarded 174 bachelor's degrees in 2018-2019. About 49% of these degrees went to men with the other 51% going to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at UIC since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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 University of Illinois at Chicago with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	49
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	46
White	52
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

UIC Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 40 students who earned a master's degree in Accounting from UIC in 2018-2019, 40% were men and 60% were women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 35% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	16
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UIC 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 University of Illinois at Chicago.

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
• Image Credit: By Hied5 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.