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Accounting at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Accounting at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WCUPA is located in West Chester, Pennsylvania and approximately 17,719 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.

WCUPA Accounting Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

WCUPA Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at WCUPA 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 WCUPA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

WCUPA Accounting Bachelor’s Program

37% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 63% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 37% went to women.

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About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at WCUPA 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 West Chester University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in accounting.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 95
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

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 PA, the home state for West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Accountants and Auditors 51,720 $75,250
Business Professors 5,490 $91,520
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents 3,360 $48,580
Credit Analysts 2,330 $80,710
Financial Examiners 1,530 $91,850

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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