Accounting at Syracuse University

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

Syracuse is located in Syracuse, New York and approximately 21,322 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,174 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University in 2021, 115 of them were accounting majors.

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

Syracuse Accounting Degrees Available

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

Syracuse Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Syracuse compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Syracuse 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
	30
	33
	42
	90
	107
	625
	640
	705

In 2021, 65 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Syracuse. This makes it the #68 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Syracuse

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

Syracuse Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 115 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from Syracuse. About 55% were men and 45% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Syracuse since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Syracuse are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	70
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Syracuse Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 58% went to women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Syracuse, 54% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	35
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Syracuse 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 NY, the home state for Syracuse University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Accountants and Auditors	110,780	$96,300
Financial Examiners	9,030	$115,980
Business Professors	8,910	$110,500
Credit Analysts	7,440	$119,180
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	4,830	$70,560

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 Justing under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.