Accounting at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 52,679 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 385 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from UIUC.

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

UIUC Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

UIUC Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how UIUC performed in these rankings.

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 UIUC 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
	6
	10
	11
	13
	16
	404
	522
	857

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in accounting from UIUC. This is the #523 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from UIUC Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UIUC is $65,425. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 41% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC Accounting Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 385 students earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from UIUC. About 46% of these graduates were women and the other 54% were men. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UIUC since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	76
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	38
White	155
International Students	101
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

UIUC 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 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	385

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Human Resource Management
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing
• Finance & Financial 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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Accountants and Auditors	53,280	$81,060
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	50,800	$42,520
Financial Managers	40,040	$144,680
Financial Analysts	14,810	$88,760
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	4,240	$49,000

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 Beyond My ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.