Accounting and Finance at Bucknell University

What traits are you looking for in a accounting and finance school? To help you decide if Bucknell University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting and finance program.

Bucknell is located in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 3,668. Of the 273 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bucknell University in 2019, 79 of them were accounting and finance majors.

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

Bucknell Accounting and Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and Finance

Bucknell Accounting and Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting and finance progam at Bucknell compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting and finance major at Bucknell is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting and Finance. 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
Best Accounting and Finance Schools	2
Best Accounting and Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Focused Accounting and Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Focused Accounting and Finance Schools	4
Most Popular Accounting and Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Popular Accounting and Finance Schools	9

Accounting and Finance Student Demographics at Bucknell

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

Bucknell Accounting and Finance Bachelor’s Program

Of the 79 accounting and finance students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2018-2019 from Bucknell, about 73% were men and 27% were women. The typical accounting and finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at Bucknell since its program graduates 28% more men than average.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting and finance at Bucknell 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 Bucknell University with a bachelor's in accounting and finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	54
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

Careers That Accounting and Finance Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting and finance 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 Bucknell University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Accountants and Auditors	51,720	$75,250
Financial Managers	17,730	$156,730
Financial Analysts	11,980	$93,870
Budget Analysts	1,290	$73,220

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 Balon Greyjoy under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.