Accounting at Widener University

29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Widener is located in Chester, Pennsylvania and approximately 6,150 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.

Widener Accounting Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Widener Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at Widener 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 Widener

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

Widener Accounting Bachelor’s Program

53% Women

29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Widener since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Widener 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 Widener University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Accounting

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	32

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 Widener University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	55,360	$40,660
Accountants and Auditors	51,720	$75,250
Financial Managers	17,730	$156,730
Financial Analysts	11,980	$93,870
Business Professors	5,490	$91,520

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
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