Accounting at Holy Names University

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

HNU is located in Oakland, California and approximately 1,014 students attend the school each year. Of the 23 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Holy Names University in 2021, 2 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.

HNU Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

HNU Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at HNU 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 HNU 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
	709
	859
	984
	1,000
	1,015
	1,049
	1,135
	1,429
	1,740
	1,878

Accounting Student Demographics at HNU

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

HNU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at HNU awarded 2 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 64% 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 Holy Names University with a bachelor's in accounting.

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

HNU also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Accounting

The following accounting concentations are available at Holy Names University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Holy Names University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	2

Related Majors

• Business/Corporate Communications
• International Business
• Marketing
• Finance & Financial Management
• Business Administration & Management

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 CA, the home state for Holy Names University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	186,970	$47,750
Accountants and Auditors	148,600	$84,430
Financial Managers	81,350	$157,480
Financial Analysts	37,900	$109,640
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	22,650	$51,520

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 HolyNamesWebmaster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.