Accounting at Davis & Elkins College

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if Davis & Elkins College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting program.

D&E is located in Elkins, West Virginia and approximately 738 students attend the school each year. Of the 165 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Davis & Elkins College in 2021, 12 of them were accounting majors.

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

D&E Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

D&E Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how D&E performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at D&E 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
Most Focused Accounting Schools	187
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	714
Most Focused Accounting Associate Degree Schools	790
Most Popular Accounting Associate Degree Schools	790
Most Popular Accounting Schools	1,260

Accounting Student Demographics at D&E

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Davis & Elkins College.

D&E Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at D&E since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at D&E are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Finance & Financial Management
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• Marketing
• Business Administration & 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 WV, the home state for Davis & Elkins College.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	7,870	$34,550
Accountants and Auditors	3,840	$68,160
Financial Managers	1,560	$102,670
Business Professors	750	$66,340
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	640	$35,560

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 Dfscgt21 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.