Accounting at Queens College

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

QC is located in Queens, New York and has a total student population of 19,700. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 400 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from QC.

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

QC Accounting Degrees Available

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

QC Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at QC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 QC 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
	5
	6
	20
	20
	21
	51
	182
	263
	302
	309
	498
	786
	839
	875

In 2021, 121 students received their master’s degree in accounting from QC. This makes it the #21 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at QC

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

QC Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 400 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from QC. Of these graduates, 46% were men and 54% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% 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 Queens College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	179
Black or African American	30
Hispanic or Latino	73
White	79
International Students	29
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

QC Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 121 students who graduated with a master’s in accounting from QC in 2021, 45% were men and 55% were women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 68% of degree recipients. That is 35% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	55
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	30
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

QC 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 Queens 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.