Accounting at Providence College

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

Providence is located in Providence, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 4,821. In 2021, 70 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Providence.

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

Providence Accounting Degrees Available

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

Providence Accounting Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Providence 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
Best Accounting Schools	110
Best Value Accounting Basic Certificate Schools	235
Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	762

Earnings of Providence Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Providence is $63,900. This is 38% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Providence

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

Providence Accounting Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 70 students earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Providence. About 41% of these graduates were women and the other 59% were men. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Providence since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Providence 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 Providence College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	59
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Providence 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
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Marketing
• Finance & Financial 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 RI, the home state for Providence College.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	6,150	$44,120
Accountants and Auditors	4,420	$81,090
Financial Managers	2,580	$145,120
Financial Analysts	1,010	$80,650
Credit Analysts	740	$75,050

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 John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.