Accounting at Baylor University

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

Baylor is located in Waco, Texas and approximately 19,297 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,101 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Baylor University in 2021, 160 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.

Baylor Accounting Degrees Available

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

Baylor Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Baylor 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 Baylor 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
	32
	50
	52
	92
	94
	102
	280
	646

In 2021, 102 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Baylor. This makes it the #33 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Baylor Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Baylor is $55,784. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 21% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Baylor

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

Baylor Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 160 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from Baylor. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Baylor since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Baylor 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 Baylor University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	119
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Baylor Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 51% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 49% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. Baylor does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Baylor, 76% 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 Baylor University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	78
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

Concentrations Within Accounting

Accounting majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Baylor University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	262

Related Majors

• International Business
• Taxation
• Insurance
• Real Estate
• Human Resource 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 TX, the home state for Baylor University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	131,250	$41,390
Accountants and Auditors	115,270	$80,200
Financial Managers	39,580	$149,990
Financial Analysts	26,850	$94,980
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	13,300	$44,390

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 Kairos14 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.