Accounting at Purdue University - Main Campus

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

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 122 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Purdue.

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

Purdue Accounting Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Accounting (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Purdue Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Purdue 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 Purdue 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
	1
	46
	51
	100
	113
	883

Accounting Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 122 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from Purdue. Of these graduates, 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Purdue since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Purdue 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	85
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Purdue 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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Accountants and Auditors	20,100	$70,780
Credit Analysts	720	$61,790
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	610	$52,940
Financial Examiners	460	$74,140

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 Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.