Accounting at University of Pennsylvania

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

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 25,860 students attend the school each year. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 39 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from UPenn.

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

UPenn Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting
• Doctorate Degree in Accounting

UPenn Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how UPenn 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 UPenn 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	313
Most Popular Accounting Schools	383
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	454

In 2019, 16 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UPenn. This makes it the #313 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in accounting, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Accounting Student Demographics at UPenn

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

UPenn Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 39 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from UPenn. Of these graduates, 82% were men and 18% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at UPenn since its program graduates 37% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	16
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UPenn Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 16 accounting students who graduated with a master's degree in 2018-2019 from UPenn, about 94% were men and 6% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 46% men graduate in accounting each year. UPenn does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 48% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from UPenn, 56% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UPenn also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2019, 3 students 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 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 WestCoastivieS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.