Accounting at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

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

Ship is located in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 6,381. Of the 493 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania in 2019, 49 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.

Ship Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Ship Accounting Rankings

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

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 Ship 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	203
Best Accounting Schools	242
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	313
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	355
Most Popular Accounting Schools	430
Most Focused Accounting Schools	579

Accounting Student Demographics at Ship

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

Ship Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 49 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from Ship. About 61% were men and 39% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Ship since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Ship 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 Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	43
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Ship 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 Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.

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 Cgboeree under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.