Accounting at Peirce College

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

Peirce is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,046 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 8 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Peirce.

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

Peirce Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at Peirce

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Peirce does offer online courses in accounting for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Peirce Accounting Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Peirce 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 Online Accounting Schools	280
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	402
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	605
Best Accounting Schools	777
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	847

Earnings of Peirce Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Peirce is $47,491. This is 3% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Peirce

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

Peirce Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at Peirce awarded 8 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 38% of these degrees went to men with the other 63% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Human Resource Management
• 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 Peirce College.

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 BotMultichillT under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.