Accounting at Santa Clara University

Every accounting school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the accounting program at Santa Clara University stacks up to those at other schools.

SCU is located in Santa Clara, California and approximately 8,616 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 101 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from SCU.

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

SCU Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

SCU Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at SCU 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 SCU 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
	1
	2
	4
	9
	10
	12
	15
	16
	132
	227
	453
	522

Earnings of SCU Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at SCU is $67,828. This is 47% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at SCU

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

SCU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at SCU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 Santa Clara University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	33
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	33
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	62
Accounting and Business/Management	39

Related Majors

• Business/Managerial Economics
• Human Resource Management
• Management Information Systems
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Marketing

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 CA, the home state for Santa Clara University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	186,970	$47,750
Accountants and Auditors	148,600	$84,430
Financial Managers	81,350	$157,480
Financial Analysts	37,900	$109,640
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	22,650	$51,520

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 Arnaudh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.