Accounting at Kean University

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

Kean is located in Union, New Jersey and has a total student population of 14,064. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 121 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Kean.

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

Kean Accounting Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Kean

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

Kean Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Kean 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 Kean 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
	14
	17
	102
	116
	137
	169
	182
	237
	261
	291
	297
	307
	313
	341
	364
	403
	534

In 2021, 14 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Kean. This makes it the #314 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Kean

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

Kean Accounting Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 121 students earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Kean. About 52% of these graduates were women and the other 48% were men. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Kean since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Kean University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	39
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Kean Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 14 students who graduated with a master’s in accounting from Kean in 2021, 50% were men and 50% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 46% men graduate in accounting each year. Kean does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Kean 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 NJ, the home state for Kean University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Accountants and Auditors	37,370	$90,400
Credit Analysts	2,690	$85,030
Business Professors	2,510	$111,740
Financial Examiners	2,310	$109,100
Budget Analysts	2,160	$83,710

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 Daniel Collins under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.