Accounting at Suffolk University

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if Suffolk University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting program.

Suffolk is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 6,830 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 64 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Suffolk.

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

Suffolk Accounting Degrees Available

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

Suffolk Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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
	12
	49
	62
	86
	234
	315
	1,356

In 2021, 39 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Suffolk. This makes it the #141 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from Suffolk Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Suffolk is $48,716. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 5% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Suffolk

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

Suffolk Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 64 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Suffolk in 2020-2021, 36% were men and 64% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Suffolk University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	26
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Suffolk Accounting Master’s Program

The accounting program at Suffolk awarded 39 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 46% of these degrees went to men with the other 54% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. Suffolk does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	17
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Suffolk also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Accounting

The following accounting concentations are available at Suffolk University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Suffolk University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	99
Accounting and Finance	4

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• General Business/Commerce
• Human Resource Management
• International Business
• Taxation

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 MA, the home state for Suffolk University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	45,570	$47,020
Accountants and Auditors	35,360	$81,460
Financial Managers	33,880	$148,300
Financial Analysts	13,400	$105,540
Business Professors	4,050	$126,040

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 Oxymoron under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.