Accounting at University of Charleston

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

UC is located in Charleston, West Virginia and approximately 2,623 students attend the school each year. Of the 269 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Charleston in 2019, 14 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.

UC Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at UC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

UC does offer online education options in accounting for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UC Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at UC 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 UC 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 Online Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	119
Most Popular Online Accounting Schools	179
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	249
Best Accounting Schools	287
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	639
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	683
Most Focused Accounting Schools	888
Most Popular Accounting Schools	896

Accounting Student Demographics at UC

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

UC Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 14 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from UC in 2018-2019, 64% were men and 36% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at UC since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UC 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 WV, the home state for University of Charleston.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Accountants and Auditors	3,840	$68,160
Business Professors	750	$66,340
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	240	$49,230
Budget Analysts	210	$67,460
Credit Analysts	130	$61,140

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 Lkeadle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.