Accounting at University of Charleston

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

UC is located in Charleston, West Virginia and has a total student population of 2,967. Of the 591 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Charleston in 2021, 16 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.

UC Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

UC Accounting Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at UC 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
	189
Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	256
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	377
Best Value Accounting Schools	607
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	706
Most Popular Accounting Schools	1,091
Most Focused Accounting Schools	1,282

Earnings of UC Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UC is $51,052. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 10% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at UC

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

UC Accounting Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from UC. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UC since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Charleston with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• General Business/Commerce
• 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 WV, the home state for University of Charleston.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	7,870	$34,550
Accountants and Auditors	3,840	$68,160
Financial Managers	1,560	$102,670
Business Professors	750	$66,340
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	640	$35,560

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 Lkeadle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.