Accounting at Aurora University

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

Aurora is located in Aurora, Illinois and approximately 6,265 students attend the school each year. Of the 291 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Aurora University in 2021, 29 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.

Aurora Accounting Degrees Available

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

Aurora Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Aurora 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 Aurora 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
	67
	168
	208
	269
	279
	297
	297
	335
	350
	433
	440
	485
	553
	843
	1,095

In 2021, 17 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Aurora. This makes it the #298 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from Aurora Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Aurora is $50,719. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 10% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Aurora

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

Aurora Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 29 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Aurora, about 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Aurora since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Aurora University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Aurora Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students graduated with a master's degree in accounting from Aurora. About 35% were men and 65% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Aurora, 53% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 41% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Aurora also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Accounting

If you plan to be a accounting major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Aurora University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	46

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing
• Business Administration & Management

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 Aurora University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Accountants and Auditors	53,280	$81,060
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	50,800	$42,520
Financial Managers	40,040	$144,680
Financial Analysts	14,810	$88,760
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	4,240	$49,000

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.