Accounting at California State University - Northridge

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if California State University - Northridge is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting program.

CSUN is located in Northridge, California and has a total student population of 40,381. Of the 2,054 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Northridge in 2021, 287 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.

CSUN Accounting Degrees Available

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

CSUN Accounting Rankings

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

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 CSUN 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
	15
	24
	93
	121
	121
	136
	152
	245
	274
	286
	360
	380

In 2021, 51 students received their master’s degree in accounting from CSUN. This makes it the #94 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at CSUN

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

CSUN Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 287 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from CSUN in 2020-2021, 48% were men and 52% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at CSUN since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 California State University - Northridge with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	62
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	64
White	129
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

CSUN Accounting Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 51 students earned a master's degree in accounting from CSUN. About 57% of these graduates were women and the other 43% were men.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from CSUN, 55% 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 35% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	28
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

CSUN 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 CA, the home state for California State University - Northridge.

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 Cbl62 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.