Accounting at North Carolina State University

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

NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and approximately 36,042 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,162 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from North Carolina State University in 2021, 157 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.

NC State Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

NC State Accounting Rankings

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

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 NC State 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
	91
	91
	111
	296
	446
	770
	1,352

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from NC State Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at NC State is $46,979. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 1% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at NC State

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

NC State Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 157 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from NC State in 2021, 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at NC State since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at NC State 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 North Carolina State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	109
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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

Concentrations Within Accounting

The following accounting concentations are available at North Carolina State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from North Carolina State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	157

Related Majors

• Business/Managerial Economics
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Business Administration & 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 NC, the home state for North Carolina State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	46,570	$39,590
Accountants and Auditors	33,020	$76,880
Financial Managers	15,730	$149,710
Financial Analysts	8,930	$89,020
Financial Examiners	4,070	$71,310

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 Haruhide000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.