Accounting at Susquehanna University

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

Susquehanna is located in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania and approximately 2,241 students attend the school each year. Of the 576 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Susquehanna University in 2021, 24 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.

Susquehanna Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Susquehanna Accounting Rankings

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

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 Susquehanna 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53
Most Focused Accounting Schools	399
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	508
Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	646
Best Value Accounting Schools	1,121

Earnings of Susquehanna Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Susquehanna is $60,280. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 30% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Susquehanna

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

Susquehanna Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from Susquehanna. Of these graduates, 58% were men and 42% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Susquehanna since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Susquehanna 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 Susquehanna University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Business/Managerial Economics
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• International Business
• 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 Susquehanna 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 Janey Apfelbaum under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.