Accounting at Pennsylvania State University - World Campus

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what Pennsylvania State University - World Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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

Penn State World Campus Accounting Degrees Available

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

Penn State World Campus Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at Penn State World Campus 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.

Accounting Student Demographics at Penn State World Campus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Pennsylvania State University - World Campus.

Penn State World Campus Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Penn State World Campus 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 Pennsylvania State University - World Campus with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	41
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Penn State World Campus Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. Penn State World Campus does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 14% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Penn State World Campus, 78% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Accounting

Accounting majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Pennsylvania State University - World Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded

Related Majors

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 Pennsylvania State University - World Campus.

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.