Accounting at Howard University

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

Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 10,859 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Howard.

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

Howard Accounting Degrees Available

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

Howard Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Howard performed in these rankings.

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 Howard 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
	133
	147
	218
	250
	305
	374
	416
	501
	516
	566
	869
	966
	996
	1,682

In 2021, 1 student received their master’s degree in accounting from Howard. This is the #502 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Howard Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Howard is $50,332. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 9% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Howard

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

Howard Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 19 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Howard, about 26% were men and 74% 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 Howard University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Howard Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 student graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from Howard.

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

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

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	20

Related Majors

• Other Business, Management & Marketing
• International Business
• Finance & Financial Management
• Management Information Systems
• 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 DC, the home state for Howard University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Accountants and Auditors	10,590	$98,130
Financial Managers	6,900	$166,710
Financial Analysts	3,850	$102,510
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	3,710	$54,970
Budget Analysts	1,860	$100,510

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 Josh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.