Accounting at Virginia State University

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

Virginia State is located in Petersburg, Virginia and approximately 4,020 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 21 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Virginia State.

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 State Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Virginia State Accounting Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Virginia State 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	707
Most Focused Accounting Schools	736
Best Accounting Schools	909
Most Popular Accounting Schools	943

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from Virginia State Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Virginia State is $49,619. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 7% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Virginia State

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

Virginia State Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 59% 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 State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Hospitality Management
• Management Information Systems
• Business/Managerial Economics
• 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 VA, the home state for Virginia State 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 Kevin Coles under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.