The main focus area for this major is Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Accounting is a major offered under the business, management and marketing program of study at Rowan University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in accounting, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. Rowan was ranked #165 on College Factual's most recent list of the best schools for accounting majors. This puts the bachelor's program at the school solidly in the top 15% of all colleges and universities in the country. It is also ranked #6 in New Jersey.
Here are some of the other rankings for Rowan.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Rowan was $717 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $368 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $9,573 | $18,605 |
Fees | $3,366 | $3,366 |
Books and Supplies | $1,850 | $1,850 |
On Campus Room and Board | $14,937 | $14,937 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $5,185 | $5,185 |
Learn more about Rowan tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Accounting students who received their bachelor’s degree at Rowan took out an average of $24,500 in student loans. That is 8% lower than the national average of $26,527.
The median early career salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Rowan is $51,273 per year. That is 14% higher than the national average of $44,879.
Rowan does not offer an online option for its accounting bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Rowan Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in accounting in 2019-2020, 23.8% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 50.4%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 24.4% of the accounting bachelor’s degrees at Rowan in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 31%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 8 |
Black or African American | 9 |
Hispanic or Latino | 15 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 115 |
International Students | 3 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 10 |
Accounting students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping | 160 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to accounting.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Business Administration & Management | 367 |
Entrepreneurial Studies | 18 |
Finance & Financial Management | 162 |
Human Resource Management | 64 |
*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.