Accounting at University of Delaware

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

UD is located in Newark, Delaware and has a total student population of 23,613. Of the 1,133 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Delaware in 2021, 100 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.

UD Accounting Degrees Available

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

UD Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at UD 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 UD 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
	38
	47
	70
	85
	133
	285
	730
	1,128

In 2021, 25 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UD. This makes it the #204 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UD Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UD is $60,848. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 31% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at UD

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

UD Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 100 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from UD in 2021, 61% were men and 39% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UD since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at UD are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	75
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UD Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 25 students who earned a master's degree in Accounting from UD in 2020-2021, 32% were men and 68% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UD 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 University of Delaware. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	125

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• International Business
• Hospitality 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 DE, the home state for University of Delaware.

Occupation	Jobs in DE	Average Salary in DE
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	7,310	$44,760
Accountants and Auditors	5,600	$78,120
Financial Analysts	3,440	$93,740
Financial Managers	1,940	$167,110
Credit Analysts	1,230	$68,010

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 Ottawa80 at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.