Graduate Certificates in Accounting

Among those who recently graduated from the schools offering this degree, the majority were women, and 36% were students from underrepresented racial-ethnic groups. Also, 3.6% of accounting graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Accounting Majors

In 2020-2021, 1,091 graduate certificates were awarded to accounting majors. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in accounting at each degree level.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree	51,042
Master’s Degree	18,187
Basic Certificate	13,126
Associate Degree	11,525
Undergraduate Certificate	4,263
Graduate Certificate	1,091
Doctor’s Degree	31

Earnings of Accounting Majors With Graduate Certificates

The median salary for graduates holding a graduate certificate in accounting is $58,051. This number may vary for a lot of reasons. For instance, you may decide to move to a location where people with your degree are rare and make more money. To get a better picture, earnings for this category of people can range from a low of $54,331 to a high of $58,051.

Student Debt

The median student debt for graduates holding a graduate certificate in accounting is $28,464. The school you go to and how long it takes you to graduate, among other things, can cause this number to vary. The chart below shows the range of accumulated debt loads. On the high side of the range, $29,830 is the debt load, and the debt load on the low side is $21,795.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their graduate certificate in accounting. About 58.1% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender	Number of Grads
Men	457
Women	634

The racial-ethnic distribution of accounting graduate certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	97
Black or African American	132
Hispanic or Latino	135
White	543
International Students	39
Other Races/Ethnicities	145

Accounting Concentrations

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Accounting	718
Accounting Management	235
Accounting & Finance	74
Auditing	47
Other Accounting	17

Related Majors

Below are some popular majors that are similar to accounting that offer graduate certificates.

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
Business Administration & Management	5,948
Management Sciences & Methods	2,275
Human Resource Management	2,089
Finance & Financial Management	1,197
Entrepreneurial Studies	731

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
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