Accounting at University of Richmond

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

URichmond is located in University of Richmond, Virginia and approximately 4,056 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 49 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from URichmond.

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

URichmond Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

URichmond Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how URichmond 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 URichmond 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	16
	39
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	289
Most Popular Accounting Schools	520

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from URichmond Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at URichmond is $64,179. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 39% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at URichmond

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

URichmond Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 49 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from URichmond, about 49% were men and 51% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at URichmond since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at URichmond 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 University of Richmond with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	31
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

URichmond 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
• 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 VA, the home state for University of Richmond.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	41,690	$43,140
Accountants and Auditors	41,230	$85,640
Financial Managers	15,180	$164,030
Financial Analysts	8,550	$97,990
Budget Analysts	3,730	$91,000

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 Andrij Bulba under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.