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Accounting at Ashford University

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

Ashford University is located in San Diego, California and approximately 36,453 students attend the school each year. During the 2018-2019 academic year, 71 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.

Ashford University Accounting Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Ashford University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Ashford University offers distance education options for accounting at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree

Ashford University Accounting Rankings

In 2019, 71 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Ashford University. This makes it the #85 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Ashford University

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

Ashford University Accounting Master’s Program

75% Women
54% Racial-Ethnic Minorities
During the 2018-2019 academic year, 71 accounting majors earned their master's degree from Ashford University. Of these graduates, 25% were men and 75% were women.

Ashford University Gender Breakdown of Accounting Master's Degree Grads

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 54% 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 Ashford University with a master's in accounting.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity of Accounting Majors at Ashford University
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 26
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 32
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

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 CA, the home state for Ashford University.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 186,970 $47,750
Accountants and Auditors 148,600 $84,430
Financial Managers 81,350 $157,480
Financial Analysts 37,900 $109,640
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 22,650 $51,520

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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