Accounting at New England College

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

NEC is located in Henniker, New Hampshire and has a total student population of 4,483. Of the 63 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from New England College in 2021, 10 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.

NEC Accounting Degrees Available

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

NEC Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at NEC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 NEC 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
	223
	272
	387
	394
	424
	485
	609
	642
	678
	763
	950
	969
	985
	1,261

In 2021, 23 students received their master’s degree in accounting from NEC. This makes it the #224 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from NEC Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at NEC is $45,831. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting students.

Accounting Student Demographics at NEC

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

NEC Accounting Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of accounting associate's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

NEC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in accounting graduates 31% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New England College with a associate'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	1

NEC Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 10 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from NEC, about 40% were men and 60% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at NEC 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 New England College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NEC Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 23 students who earned a master's degree in Accounting from NEC in 2020-2021, 30% were men and 70% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

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

Concentrations Within Accounting

If you plan to be a accounting major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at New England College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	36

Related Majors

• Finance & Financial Management
• Hospitality Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• General Business/Commerce
• Human Resource 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 NH, the home state for New England College.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	7,960	$42,170
Accountants and Auditors	5,300	$72,690
Financial Managers	3,580	$124,700
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	740	$48,590
Financial Analysts	720	$94,680

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 WikiReminder77 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.