Accounting at Bentley University

Every accounting school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the accounting program at Bentley University stacks up to those at other schools.

Bentley is located in Waltham, Massachusetts and approximately 5,177 students attend the school each year. Of the 933 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bentley University in 2021, 178 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.

Bentley Accounting Degrees Available

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

Bentley Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Bentley performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Bentley 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
	4
	11
	39
	136
	380
	603

In 2021, 40 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Bentley. This makes it the #137 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 #13 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Bentley Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Bentley is $64,753. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 40% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Bentley

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

Bentley Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 178 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Bentley in 2020-2021, 55% were men and 45% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Bentley since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Bentley 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 Bentley University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	118
International Students	36
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Bentley Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 40 accounting majors earned their master's degree from Bentley. Of these graduates, 38% were men and 63% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Bentley, 65% 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 Bentley University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	26
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Bentley 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 Bentley University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	125
Accounting and Finance	93

Related Majors

• General Sales & Marketing
• Business/Corporate Communications
• Taxation
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Marketing

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 MA, the home state for Bentley University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	45,570	$47,020
Accountants and Auditors	35,360	$81,460
Financial Managers	33,880	$148,300
Financial Analysts	13,400	$105,540
Business Professors	4,050	$126,040

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 Rob1646 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.