Accounting at Marquette University

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

Marquette is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and approximately 11,550 students attend the school each year. Of the 797 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Marquette University in 2021, 85 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.

Marquette Accounting Degrees Available

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

Marquette Accounting Rankings

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

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 Marquette 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
	28
	38
	63
	79
	304
	374
	521
	535

In 2021, 15 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Marquette. This makes it the #305 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Marquette

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

Marquette Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at Marquette awarded 85 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 61% of these degrees went to men with the other 39% going to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Marquette since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Marquette are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	64
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Marquette Accounting Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students earned a master's degree in accounting from Marquette. About 53% of these graduates were women and the other 47% were men.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Marquette, 87% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Marquette 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 WI, the home state for Marquette University.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Accountants and Auditors	22,610	$68,410
Credit Analysts	1,820	$70,550
Financial Examiners	1,360	$76,680
Business Professors	1,210	$104,290
Budget Analysts	870	$72,380

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 scottfeldstein under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.