Accounting at Community College of Philadelphia

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

Community College of Philadelphia is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 13,672 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.

Community College of Philadelphia Accounting Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Accounting (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at Community College of Philadelphia

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? Community College of Philadelphia offers distance education options for accounting at the following degree levels:

Community College of Philadelphia Accounting Rankings

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.

Accounting Student Demographics at Community College of Philadelphia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Community College of Philadelphia.

Community College of Philadelphia Accounting Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of accounting associate's degrees went to men and 60% went to women.

Community College of Philadelphia does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in accounting graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Community College of Philadelphia with a associate's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Business Administration & Management
• Hospitality Management
• General Business/Commerce

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 Community College of Philadelphia.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.