Accounting at Rutgers University - Camden

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

Rutgers Camden is located in Camden, New Jersey and has a total student population of 7,076. In 2021, 64 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Rutgers Camden.

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

Rutgers Camden Accounting Degrees Available

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

Rutgers Camden Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Rutgers Camden performed in these rankings.

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 Rutgers Camden 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
	18
	61
	65
	97
	129
	150
	234
	268
	291
	333
	356
	377
	387
	494
	737

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Rutgers Camden. This makes it the #388 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Rutgers Camden Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Rutgers Camden is $57,660. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 25% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Rutgers Camden

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

Rutgers Camden Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 64 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Rutgers Camden in 2020-2021, 59% were men and 41% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Rutgers Camden since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rutgers University - Camden with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	29
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Rutgers Camden Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 accounting majors earned their master's degree from Rutgers Camden. Of these graduates, 60% were men and 40% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. Rutgers Camden does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 18% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Rutgers Camden, 60% 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 Rutgers University - Camden with a master's in accounting.

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

Rutgers Camden 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Rutgers University - Camden. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	74

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Marketing
• Finance & Financial Management
• 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 NJ, the home state for Rutgers University - Camden.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	43,380	$46,860
Accountants and Auditors	37,370	$90,400
Financial Managers	21,340	$175,880
Financial Analysts	10,560	$106,100
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	4,130	$47,450

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.