Accounting at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

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

SRU is located in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania and approximately 8,860 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from SRU.

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

SRU Accounting Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at SRU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SRU offers distance education options for accounting at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

SRU Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at SRU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 SRU 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	129
Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	252
Best Accounting Schools	338
Most Popular Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools	404
Most Popular Accounting Schools	660
	1,225

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in accounting from SRU. This makes it the #450 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from SRU Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at SRU is $38,367. This is less than $46,292, which is the national average of all accounting majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Accounting Student Demographics at SRU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.

SRU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from SRU. About 52% were men and 48% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at SRU since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at SRU 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 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	27
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SRU Accounting Master’s Program

The accounting program at SRU awarded 5 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 60% of these degrees went to men with the other 40% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. SRU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 18% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from SRU, 100% 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 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania with a master's in accounting.

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

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

Related Majors

• 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 PA, the home state for Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.

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 Blackngold29 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.