Accounting at High Point University

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what High Point University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

High Point is located in High Point, North Carolina and approximately 5,137 students attend the school each year. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 19 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from High Point.

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

High Point Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

High Point Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how High Point 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 High Point 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 Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	583
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	773
Most Popular Accounting Schools	782
Most Focused Accounting Schools	1,013

Accounting Student Demographics at High Point

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

High Point Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at High Point awarded 19 bachelor's degrees in 2018-2019. About 42% of these degrees went to men with the other 58% going to women.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at High Point 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 High Point University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

High Point 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 NC, the home state for High Point University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Accountants and Auditors	33,020	$76,880
Financial Examiners	4,070	$71,310
Business Professors	3,440	$88,470
Credit Analysts	2,560	$84,530
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	1,510	$59,970

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 LancerE under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.