Accounting at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

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

SIUE is located in Edwardsville, Illinois and has a total student population of 12,860. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 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.

SIUE Accounting Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Accounting

SIUE Accounting Rankings

Accounting Student Demographics at SIUE

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

SIUE Accounting Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students earned a master's degree in accounting from SIUE. About 29% of these graduates were women and the other 71% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 46% men graduate in accounting each year. SIUE does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 25% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from SIUE, 88% 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 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• 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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

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 Illinois2011 (Tyler Warren) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.