Accounting at California State University - Los Angeles

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

Cal State LA is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 26,745 students attend the school each year.

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

Cal State LA Accounting Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Cal State LA Accounting Rankings

Accounting Student Demographics at Cal State LA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at California State University - Los Angeles.

Cal State LA Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. Cal State LA does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 66% of degree recipients. That is 28% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Los Angeles with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	5
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Accounting

Accounting majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California State University - Los Angeles. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	27

Related Majors

• Real Estate
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Business Administration & 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 CA, the home state for California State University - Los Angeles.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	186,970	$47,750
Accountants and Auditors	148,600	$84,430
Financial Managers	81,350	$157,480
Financial Analysts	37,900	$109,640
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	22,650	$51,520

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 Justefrain under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.