Accounting at Nichols College

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

Nichols is located in Dudley, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 1,518. In 2021, 38 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Nichols.

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

Nichols Accounting Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Nichols

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

• Master’s Degree

Nichols Accounting Rankings

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

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 Nichols 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
	2
	2
	30
	32
	316
	954
	1,073

In 2021, 25 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Nichols. This makes it the #204 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Nichols Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Nichols is $48,403. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 5% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Nichols

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

Nichols Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from Nichols. Of these graduates, 58% were men and 42% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Nichols since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Nichols 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 Nichols College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	32
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Nichols Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students graduated with a master's degree in accounting from Nichols. About 40% were men and 60% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Nichols, 88% 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 Nichols College with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within Accounting

Accounting majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Nichols College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	63

Related Majors

• Business/Managerial Economics
• International Business
• Hospitality Management
• Human Resource Management
• Finance & Financial 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 MA, the home state for Nichols College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	45,570	$47,020
Accountants and Auditors	35,360	$81,460
Financial Managers	33,880	$148,300
Financial Analysts	13,400	$105,540
Business Professors	4,050	$126,040

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.