Accounting at West Virginia Wesleyan College

Every accounting school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the accounting program at West Virginia Wesleyan College stacks up to those at other schools.

West Virginia Wesleyan is located in Buckhannon, West Virginia and approximately 1,066 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.

West Virginia Wesleyan Accounting Degrees Available

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

West Virginia Wesleyan Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at West Virginia Wesleyan 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 West Virginia Wesleyan

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

West Virginia Wesleyan 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 West Virginia Wesleyan since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at West Virginia Wesleyan are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

West Virginia Wesleyan Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan College with a master's in accounting.

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

Concentrations Within Accounting

The following accounting concentations are available at West Virginia Wesleyan College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from West Virginia Wesleyan College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	6

Related Majors

• Marketing
• General Business/Commerce

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 WV, the home state for West Virginia Wesleyan College.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	7,870	$34,550
Accountants and Auditors	3,840	$68,160
Financial Managers	1,560	$102,670
Business Professors	750	$66,340
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	640	$35,560

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 Fryeguy91 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.