Accounting at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 49,702 students attend the school each year. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 370 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from UIUC.

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

UIUC Accounting Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UIUC

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? UIUC offers distance education options for accounting at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UIUC Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at UIUC 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 UIUC 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	7
Best Accounting Schools	14
Most Popular Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools	15
Most Popular Accounting Schools	18
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	40
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	415
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	439
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	475
Most Focused Accounting Schools	643

In 2019, 3 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UIUC. This makes it the #439 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in accounting, making the school the #15 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Accounting Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	73
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	160
International Students	103
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UIUC Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 3 students who graduated with a master’s in accounting from UIUC in 2019, 100% were men and 0% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 46% men graduate in accounting each year. UIUC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 54% more men than average.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

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

UIUC 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 Urbana-Champaign.

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 Beyond My ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.