Accounting at Eastern Michigan University

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

Eastern Michigan is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and approximately 16,294 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.

Eastern Michigan Accounting Degrees Available

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

Eastern Michigan Accounting Rankings

Accounting Student Demographics at Eastern Michigan

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

Eastern Michigan Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. Eastern Michigan does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Eastern Michigan, 65% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Accounting

If you plan to be a accounting major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Eastern Michigan University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	28
Auditing	1

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• 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 MI, the home state for Eastern Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	37,490	$39,130
Accountants and Auditors	33,610	$74,370
Financial Managers	14,760	$128,270
Financial Analysts	6,090	$84,410
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	3,690	$44,030

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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.