Accounting at Muhlenberg College

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

Muhlenberg is located in Allentown, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 2,340. Of the 178 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Muhlenberg College in 2019, 22 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.

Muhlenberg Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Muhlenberg Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Muhlenberg 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 Muhlenberg 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
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	37
Best Accounting Schools	45
Most Focused Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools	135
Most Popular Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools	135
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	337
Most Focused Accounting Associate’s Degree Schools	347
Most Popular Accounting Associate’s Degree Schools	347
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	516
Most Focused Accounting Schools	558
Most Popular Accounting Schools	704

Accounting Student Demographics at Muhlenberg

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

Muhlenberg Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Muhlenberg since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Muhlenberg 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 Muhlenberg College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Muhlenberg 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 Muhlenberg College.

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 Duempel at de.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.