Accounting at Alvernia University

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 Alvernia University stacks up to those at other schools.

Alvernia is located in Reading, Pennsylvania and approximately 2,792 students attend the school each year. Of the 96 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Alvernia University in 2019, 21 of them were accounting majors.

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

Alvernia Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Alvernia Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Alvernia performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Alvernia 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	390
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	542
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	579
Most Focused Accounting Schools	615
Best Accounting Schools	686
Most Popular Accounting Schools	729

Accounting Student Demographics at Alvernia

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

Alvernia Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 21 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from Alvernia. Of these graduates, 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Alvernia since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Alvernia 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 Alvernia University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Alvernia also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 Alvernia 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 AU540Up under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.