Accounting at Northeastern Illinois University

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

Northeastern Illinois University is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 7,119 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 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.

Northeastern Illinois University Accounting Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Northeastern Illinois University Accounting Rankings

Accounting Student Demographics at Northeastern Illinois University

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

Northeastern Illinois University Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 48% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	7
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• 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 IL, the home state for Northeastern Illinois 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
• Image Credit: By Serhii under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.