Accounting at Auburn University

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

Auburn is located in Auburn, Alabama and has a total student population of 30,737. In 2021, 153 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Auburn.

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

Auburn Accounting Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Accounting (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at Auburn

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

• Master’s Degree

Auburn Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Auburn 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 Auburn 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
	8
	45
	55
	111
	125
	127
	498
	563

In 2021, 98 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Auburn. This makes it the #33 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Auburn

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

Auburn Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 153 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from Auburn in 2021, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Auburn since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Auburn are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	132
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Auburn Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 98 students who earned a master's degree in Accounting from Auburn in 2020-2021, 42% were men and 58% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Auburn, 89% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	87
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Auburn also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 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 AL, the home state for Auburn University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Accountants and Auditors	15,720	$70,310
Financial Examiners	1,130	$59,910
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	1,060	$56,860
Budget Analysts	920	$82,480
Business Professors	840	$98,110

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 Robert S. Donovan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.