Accounting at Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Penn State Harrisburg is located in Middletown, Pennsylvania and approximately 4,933 students attend the school each year. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 22 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Penn State Harrisburg.

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

Penn State Harrisburg Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Penn State Harrisburg Accounting Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Penn State Harrisburg 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	78
Most Focused Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	78
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	140
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	476
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	476
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	516
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	578
Most Popular Accounting Schools	704
Most Focused Accounting Schools	843

In 2019, 0 student received their master’s degree in accounting from Penn State Harrisburg. This is the #476 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Penn State Harrisburg

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

Penn State Harrisburg Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 22 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from Penn State Harrisburg. About 41% were men and 59% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Penn State Harrisburg 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 Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.