Accounting at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 37,024.

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

Virginia Tech Accounting Degrees Available

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

Virginia Tech Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at Virginia Tech 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.

Accounting Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Virginia Tech since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Virginia Tech 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 Virginia Tech with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	113
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Virginia Tech Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 42% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. Virginia Tech does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 16% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Virginia Tech, 67% 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 Tech with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	45
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Accounting

If you plan to be a accounting major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Virginia Tech. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	215

Related Majors

• General Business/Commerce
• Management Information Systems
• Hospitality Management
• Real Estate
• Construction 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 Virginia Tech.

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 Eric T Gunther under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.