Accounting at Wilkes University
If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what Wilkes University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.Wilkes is located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 4,781.
Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Accounting section at the bottom of this page.
Wilkes Accounting Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
Wilkes Accounting Rankings
The accounting major at Wilkes 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 Wilkes
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Wilkes University.
Wilkes Accounting Bachelor’s Program
About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Wilkes 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 Wilkes University with a bachelor's in accounting.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
White | 7 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Related Majors
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 Wilkes University.
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.
- College Factual
- National Center for Education Statistics
- O*NET Online
- Image Credit: By Jrmski under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.