Accounting at Eastern Connecticut State University

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what Eastern Connecticut State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

ECSU is located in Willimantic, Connecticut and approximately 4,644 students attend the school each year. Of the 169 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Connecticut State University in 2021, 38 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.

ECSU Accounting Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at ECSU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? ECSU offers distance education options for accounting at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

ECSU Accounting Rankings

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

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 ECSU 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
	80
	141
	213
	224
	232
	336
	353
	369
	380
	434
	486
	658
	749
	901
	948

In 2021, 21 students received their master’s degree in accounting from ECSU. This makes it the #233 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at ECSU

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

ECSU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 38 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from ECSU, about 55% were men and 45% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at ECSU since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at ECSU 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 Eastern Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

ECSU Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 21 students who earned a master's degree in Accounting from ECSU in 2020-2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from ECSU, 81% 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 Eastern Connecticut State University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	17
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

ECSU 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 CT, the home state for Eastern Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Accountants and Auditors	14,550	$84,890
Credit Analysts	1,110	$93,970
Budget Analysts	1,050	$82,880
Business Professors	990	$95,670
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	920	$84,990

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 John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.