Accounting at University of Illinois at Chicago

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

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 33,518 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 166 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from UIC.

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

UIC Accounting Degrees Available

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

UIC Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at UIC 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 UIC 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
	61
	150
	228
	306
	313
	577
	694

In 2021, 23 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UIC. This makes it the #213 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC Accounting Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 166 students earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from UIC. About 43% of these graduates were women and the other 57% were men. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at UIC since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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 University of Illinois at Chicago with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	57
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	43
White	44
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

UIC Accounting Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students earned a master's degree in accounting from UIC. About 65% of these graduates were women and the other 35% were men.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from UIC, 57% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UIC 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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Accountants and Auditors	53,280	$81,060
Business Professors	4,030	$107,910
Credit Analysts	3,330	$77,800
Financial Examiners	2,120	$102,690
Budget Analysts	1,450	$75,700

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 Hied5 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.