Accounting at Pitt Community College

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

Pitt Community College is located in Winterville, North Carolina and has a total student population of 7,688.

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

Pitt Community College Accounting Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Accounting (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at Pitt Community College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

• Associate’s Degree

Pitt Community College Accounting 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.

Accounting Student Demographics at Pitt Community College

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

Pitt Community College Accounting Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of accounting associate's degrees went to men and 36% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in accounting only graduates about 42% men each year. The program at Pitt Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 23% more women than average.

Pitt Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in accounting graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• 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 NC, the home state for Pitt Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	46,570	$39,590
Accountants and Auditors	33,020	$76,880
Financial Managers	15,730	$149,710
Financial Analysts	8,930	$89,020
Financial Examiners	4,070	$71,310

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.