Accounting at Point Park University

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

Point Park is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 3,591 students attend the school each year. Of the 616 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Point Park University in 2021, 18 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.

Point Park Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Point Park Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Point Park 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 Point Park 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
	601
Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	813

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from Point Park Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Point Park is $46,621. This is 1% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Point Park

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

Point Park Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Point Park 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 Point Park University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Point Park 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
• Other Business, Management & Marketing
• 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 Point Park 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 J. James under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.