Accounting at Baruch College

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 Baruch College stacks up to those at other schools.

Baruch is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 19,740. In 2021, 660 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Baruch.

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

Baruch Accounting Degrees Available

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

Baruch Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Baruch 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 Baruch 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
	2
	165
	380
	414
	536

In 2021, 191 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Baruch. This makes it the #8 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Baruch

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

Baruch Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% 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 Baruch College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	312
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	93
White	94
International Students	128
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Baruch Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 191 students who earned a master's degree in Accounting from Baruch in 2020-2021, 43% were men and 57% were women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 52% of degree recipients. That is 20% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	82
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	54
International Students	37
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Baruch 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 NY, the home state for Baruch College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Accountants and Auditors	110,780	$96,300
Financial Examiners	9,030	$115,980
Business Professors	8,910	$110,500
Credit Analysts	7,440	$119,180
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	4,830	$70,560

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.