Accounting at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

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

Rutgers New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and approximately 50,411 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 146 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Rutgers New Brunswick.

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 New Brunswick Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Rutgers New Brunswick Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Rutgers New Brunswick 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 Rutgers New Brunswick 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
	83
	100
	140
	154
	723
	905
	1,552

Earnings of Rutgers New Brunswick Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Rutgers New Brunswick 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 New Brunswick

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

Rutgers New Brunswick Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 146 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from Rutgers New Brunswick. About 47% were men and 53% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Rutgers New Brunswick since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 - New Brunswick with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	43
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	63
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Rutgers New Brunswick 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Rutgers University - New Brunswick. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	146

Related Majors

• Marketing
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Business Administration & Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• Human Resource 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 - New Brunswick.

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
• Image Credit: By Zampromote under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.