Accounting at Clarion University of Pennsylvania

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

Clarion University is located in Clarion, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 4,465. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Clarion University.

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

Clarion University Accounting Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Clarion 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? Clarion University offers distance education options for accounting at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Clarion University Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Clarion University 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 Clarion University 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	311
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	339
Most Popular Accounting Schools	508
Most Focused Accounting Schools	577

In 2021, 11 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Clarion University. This makes it the #374 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from Clarion University Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Clarion University is $40,736. This is less than $46,292, which is the national average of all accounting majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Accounting Student Demographics at Clarion University

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

Clarion University Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 76% went to women.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Clarion University 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 Clarion University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Clarion University Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 11 students who earned a master's degree in Accounting from Clarion University in 2020-2021, 45% were men and 55% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. Clarion University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Clarion University, 82% 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 Clarion University of Pennsylvania with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Business/Managerial Economics
• International Business
• Real Estate
• Human Resource Management
• Finance & Financial 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 PA, the home state for Clarion University of Pennsylvania.

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 Clarion, Pennsylvania under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.