Accounting at Widener University

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what Widener University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Widener is located in Chester, Pennsylvania and approximately 6,621 students attend the school each year. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 29 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Widener.

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

Widener Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Widener Accounting Rankings

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

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 Widener 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	428
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	461
Best Accounting Schools	489
Most Popular Accounting Schools	591
Most Focused Accounting Schools	926

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

Accounting Student Demographics at Widener

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

Widener Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 29 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from Widener in 2019, 62% were men and 38% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Widener since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Widener 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 Widener University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Widener 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 Widener University.

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 User:Smallbones at English Wikipedia. under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.