Accounting at Baruch College

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at Baruch College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Baruch is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 19,740.

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

Baruch Accounting Degrees Available

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

Baruch Accounting Rankings

Accounting Student Demographics at Baruch

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Baruch College.

Baruch Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. Baruch does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 64% of degree recipients. That is 26% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Baruch College with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	98
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	30
White	65
International Students	21
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 Baruch College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	191

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Business/Corporate Communications
• General Sales & Marketing
• Taxation

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 NY, the home state for Baruch College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Accountants and Auditors	110,780	$96,300
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	104,580	$45,590
Financial Analysts	53,250	$137,270
Financial Managers	42,460	$210,510
Financial Examiners	9,030	$115,980

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.