Accounting at DePaul University

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

DePaul is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 21,922 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 86 students received their master's degree in accounting.

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

DePaul Accounting Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Accounting

DePaul Accounting Rankings

Accounting Student Demographics at DePaul

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

DePaul Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 86 accounting majors earned their master's degree from DePaul. Of these graduates, 48% were men and 52% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 46% men graduate in accounting each year. DePaul 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 35% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	35
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

Related Majors

• Hospitality Management
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Real Estate
• 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 IL, the home state for DePaul University.

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
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More about our data sources and methodologies.