Accounting at Florida International University

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

FIU is located in Miami, Florida and approximately 58,836 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 232 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from FIU.

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

FIU Accounting Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at FIU

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? FIU offers distance education options for accounting at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

FIU Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at FIU 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 FIU 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
	25
	52
	91
	498
	851
	1,265

In 2021, 78 students received their master’s degree in accounting from FIU. This makes it the #53 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from FIU Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at FIU is $47,657. This is 3% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at FIU

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

FIU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 232 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from FIU, about 41% were men and 59% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 53% 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 International University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	185
White	15
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

FIU Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 78 students who graduated with a master’s in accounting from FIU in 2021, 44% were men and 56% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. FIU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 88% of degree recipients. That is 52% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	60
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

FIU 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Florida International University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	310

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Management Information Systems
• Real Estate
• Human Resource Management
• International Business

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 International 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 Comayagua99 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.