Accounting at Virginia Commonwealth University

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if Virginia Commonwealth University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting program.

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and approximately 29,070 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 61 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from VCU.

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

VCU Accounting Degrees Available

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

VCU Accounting Rankings

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

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 VCU 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 Master’s Degree Schools	218
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	297

In 2021, 17 students received their master’s degree in accounting from VCU. This makes it the #298 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of VCU Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at VCU is $52,310. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 13% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at VCU

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

VCU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 61 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from VCU in 2021, 48% were men and 52% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at VCU since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	23
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

VCU Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. VCU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 17% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from VCU, 65% 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 Virginia Commonwealth University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Real Estate
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Finance & Financial Management
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Marketing

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 Virginia Commonwealth University.

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 user:mentes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.