Accounting at Lock Haven University

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

LHU is located in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 3,163. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from LHU.

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

LHU Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

LHU Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how LHU performed in these 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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at LHU 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 Popular Accounting Schools	1,359
Most Focused Accounting Schools	1,412

Earnings of LHU Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at LHU is $39,816. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting students.

Accounting Student Demographics at LHU

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

LHU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at LHU awarded 10 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 60% of these degrees went to men with the other 40% going to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at LHU since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at LHU 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 Lock Haven University with a bachelor's in accounting.

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

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

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• 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 PA, the home state for Lock Haven 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 Ruhrfisch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.