Accounting at Drexel University

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

Drexel is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 23,589 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,440 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Drexel University in 2021, 256 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.

Drexel Accounting Degrees Available

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

Drexel Accounting Rankings

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

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 Drexel 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 Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	422

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Drexel. This makes it the #425 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Drexel Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Drexel is $60,324. This is 30% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Drexel

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

Drexel Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 256 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Drexel in 2020-2021, 66% were men and 34% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Drexel since its program graduates 24% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	54
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	101
International Students	68
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

Drexel Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 accounting majors earned their master's degree from Drexel. Of these graduates, 29% were men and 71% were women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Real Estate
• Hospitality Management
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• International Business

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 Drexel 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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.