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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 175 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Virginia Tech.

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.

In 2021, 40 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Virginia Tech. This makes it the #137 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Virginia Tech Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Virginia Tech is $60,629. This is 31% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

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

Of the 175 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from Virginia Tech in 2021, 57% were men and 43% were 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 77% 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	12
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	134
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Virginia Tech Accounting Master’s Program

The accounting program at Virginia Tech awarded 40 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 48% of these degrees went to men with the other 53% going 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 6% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Virginia Tech, 60% 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	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	24
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Virginia Tech 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
• 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.