Accounting at Florida Atlantic University

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

FAU is located in Boca Raton, Florida and has a total student population of 30,805. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 299 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from FAU.

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

FAU Accounting Degrees Available

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

FAU Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at FAU 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 FAU 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
	13
	13
	76
	163
	170
	178
	482
	493
	561

In 2021, 203 students received their master’s degree in accounting from FAU. This makes it the #7 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of FAU Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at FAU is $47,737. This is 3% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at FAU

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

FAU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at FAU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 Florida Atlantic University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	41
Hispanic or Latino	105
White	109
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

FAU Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 203 accounting students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from FAU, about 40% were men and 60% were women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 21% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	80
White	82
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

FAU 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Florida Atlantic University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	502

Related Majors

• Taxation
• Hospitality Management
• International Business
• Management Information Systems
• 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 FL, the home state for Florida Atlantic University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	97,300	$40,220
Accountants and Auditors	71,940	$71,790
Financial Managers	29,050	$132,850
Financial Analysts	13,400	$78,280
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	7,520	$42,520

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 Kmgcoolguy4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.