Accounting at Northern Kentucky University

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at Northern Kentucky University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and approximately 16,211 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from NKU.

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

NKU Accounting Degrees Available

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

NKU Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at NKU 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 NKU 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
	77
	77
	116
	268
	277
	378
	506
	666
	964
	1,245

In 2021, 18 students received their master’s degree in accounting from NKU. This makes it the #269 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at NKU

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

NKU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 3 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from NKU, about 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at NKU since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at NKU 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 Northern Kentucky University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NKU Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 18 accounting students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from NKU, about 44% were men and 56% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from NKU, 94% 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 Northern Kentucky University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NKU 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 KY, the home state for Northern Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Accountants and Auditors	11,160	$67,080
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	1,570	$48,540
Budget Analysts	930	$57,310
Credit Analysts	750	$75,160
Business Professors	630	$85,970

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 Samvscat under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.