Accounting at Salem College

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

Salem is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and approximately 842 students attend the school each year. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Salem.

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

Salem Accounting Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Accounting (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Salem Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Salem 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 major at Salem 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 Basic Certificate Schools	71
Most Popular Accounting Basic Certificate Schools	109
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	396
Most Focused Accounting Schools	533
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	866
Most Popular Accounting Schools	1,116

Accounting Student Demographics at Salem

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

Salem Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 7 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from Salem. About 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Salem 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 Salem College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Salem 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 Salem College.

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 Bjoertvedt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.