Accounting at University of Illinois at Chicago

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if University of Illinois at Chicago is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting program.

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 33,518 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.

UIC Accounting Degrees Available

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

UIC Accounting Rankings

Accounting Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. UIC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 64% of degree recipients. That is 26% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	10
International Students	2
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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Illinois at Chicago. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	23

Related Majors

• Marketing
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• 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 University of Illinois at Chicago.

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 Hied5 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.