Accounting at Monroe College

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

Monroe College is located in Bronx, New York and has a total student population of 6,541. Of the 404 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Monroe College in 2021, 64 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.

Monroe College Accounting Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Monroe College

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Monroe College Accounting Rankings

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

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 Monroe College 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
	32
	36
	224
	227
	232
	236
	273
	357
	360
	417
	424
	439
	565
	714
	834
	932
	1,021

In 2021, 21 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Monroe College. This makes it the #233 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Monroe College

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

Monroe College Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 64 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Monroe College in 2020-2021, 38% were men and 63% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% 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 Monroe College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	0
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Monroe College Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 21 accounting students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Monroe College, about 33% were men and 67% were women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 48% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	1
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping

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 NY, the home state for Monroe College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Accountants and Auditors	110,780	$96,300
Financial Examiners	9,030	$115,980
Business Professors	8,910	$110,500
Credit Analysts	7,440	$119,180
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	4,830	$70,560

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.