Accounting at University of San Diego

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

USD is located in San Diego, California and approximately 9,073 students attend the school each year. Of the 669 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of San Diego in 2019, 99 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.

USD Accounting Degrees Available

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

USD Accounting Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at USD 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	75
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	84
Best Accounting Schools	99
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	146
Most Popular Accounting Schools	180
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	254
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	285
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	286
Most Focused Accounting Schools	350

In 2019, 22 students received their master’s degree in accounting from USD. This makes it the #254 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at USD

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

USD Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at USD awarded 99 bachelor's degrees in 2018-2019. About 58% of these degrees went to men with the other 42% going to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at USD since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 San Diego with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	49
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

USD Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 22 accounting students who graduated with a master's degree in 2018-2019 from USD, about 23% were men and 77% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

USD 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 CA, the home state for University of San Diego.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Accountants and Auditors	148,600	$84,430
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	8,660	$66,600
Credit Analysts	8,620	$89,430
Budget Analysts	6,870	$90,780
Financial Examiners	5,120	$108,740

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 Walleigh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.