Undergraduate Certificates in Accounting

This degree is more popular with female students, and about 41% of recent graduates were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 2.1% of accounting graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Accounting Majors

In 2020-2021, 4,263 earned their undergraduate certificate in accounting. 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 Undergraduate Certificates

The median salary for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in accounting is $20,900. A lot of factors can contribute to this number, such as the location of your workplace and the availability of other perks and bonuses. A better approximation of salary is to look at the typical range of salaries. In this case the low is $19,276 and the high is $31,695.

Student Debt

The median student debt for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in accounting is $13,872. 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, $19,020 is the debt load, and the debt load on the low side is $8,840.

The median monthly payment of a accounting graduate with a 10-year repayment plan is $41.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their undergraduate certificate in accounting. About 77.0% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender	Number of Grads
Men	980
Women	3,283

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	385
Black or African American	441
Hispanic or Latino	734
White	2,339
International Students	89
Other Races/Ethnicities	275

Accounting Concentrations

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting Technology/Bookkeeping	3,067
General Accounting	935
Accounting & Finance	143
Other Accounting	107
Accounting Management	11

Related Majors

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

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
Business Administration & Management	5,845
Managerial Economics	4,263
Business Support & Assistance	4,211
Business & Commerce	1,440
Hospitality Management	852

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
• Image Credit: By Pixabay under License

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