Accounting at Wilkes University

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

Wilkes is located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 5,132. Of the 126 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wilkes University in 2019, 18 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.

Wilkes Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Wilkes Accounting Rankings

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

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 Wilkes 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	392
Best Accounting Schools	454
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	597
Most Popular Accounting Schools	801
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	919
Most Focused Accounting Schools	1,180

Accounting Student Demographics at Wilkes

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

Wilkes Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 18 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from Wilkes in 2019, 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Wilkes since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Wilkes 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 Wilkes University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Wilkes 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 Wilkes 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 Jrmski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.