Accounting at Wake Technical Community College

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

Wake Technical Community College is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and approximately 21,760 students attend the school each year.

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

Wake Technical Community College Accounting Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Accounting (Less Than 1 Year)
• Undergrad Certificate in Accounting (1 - 4 Years)
• Associate’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at Wake Technical Community College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Wake Technical Community College does offer online courses in accounting for the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

Wake Technical Community College Accounting 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.

Accounting Student Demographics at Wake Technical Community College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Wake Technical Community College.

Wake Technical Community College Accounting Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of accounting associate's degrees went to men and 77% went to women.

Wake Technical Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in accounting graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Wake Technical Community College with a associate's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	31
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Hospitality 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 NC, the home state for Wake Technical Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	46,570	$39,590
Accountants and Auditors	33,020	$76,880
Financial Managers	15,730	$149,710
Financial Analysts	8,930	$89,020
Financial Examiners	4,070	$71,310

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.