Accounting at Bucknell University

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

Bucknell is located in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 3,726. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 79 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Bucknell.

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

Bucknell Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Bucknell Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Bucknell compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Bucknell is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Accounting Schools	2
	8
	11
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	33
Most Focused Accounting Schools	119
Best Value Accounting Schools	826

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from Bucknell Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Bucknell is $68,290. This is 48% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Bucknell

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

Bucknell Accounting Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 79 students earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Bucknell. About 30% of these graduates were women and the other 70% were men. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Bucknell since its program graduates 28% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Bucknell are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bucknell University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	65
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Bucknell also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• International Business
• Business Administration & Management
• Marketing

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 PA, the home state for Bucknell University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	55,360	$40,660
Accountants and Auditors	51,720	$75,250
Financial Managers	17,730	$156,730
Financial Analysts	11,980	$93,870
Business Professors	5,490	$91,520

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Balon Greyjoy under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.