Accounting at Sacred Heart University

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

Sacred Heart is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and has a total student population of 9,313.

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

Sacred Heart Accounting Degrees Available

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

Sacred Heart Accounting Rankings

Accounting Student Demographics at Sacred Heart

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

Sacred Heart Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 62% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. Sacred Heart does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 20% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Sacred Heart, 75% 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 Sacred Heart University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	40
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Sacred Heart University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	36

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Human Resource Management
• Marketing
• 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 CT, the home state for Sacred Heart University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	17,520	$47,890
Financial Managers	15,750	$167,160
Accountants and Auditors	14,550	$84,890
Financial Analysts	6,240	$105,950
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1,820	$53,010

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 Unknownwikidata:Q4233718 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.