Accounting at Alvernia University

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

Alvernia is located in Reading, Pennsylvania and approximately 2,560 students attend the school each year. Of the 84 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Alvernia University in 2021, 21 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.

Alvernia Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Alvernia Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Alvernia 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 Alvernia 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
	303
	304
	457
	496
	539
	634
	704
	832
	943
	1,303

Earnings of Alvernia Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Alvernia is $45,308. This is less than $46,292, which is the national average of all accounting majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Accounting Student Demographics at Alvernia

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

Alvernia Accounting Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Alvernia. About 52% of these graduates were women and the other 48% were men. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Alvernia since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Alvernia 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 Alvernia University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Alvernia also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Accounting

If you plan to be a accounting major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Alvernia University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	21

Related Majors

• General Business/Commerce
• Marketing
• Human Resource Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• Business Administration & Management

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 Alvernia University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	55,360	$40,660
Accountants and Auditors	51,720	$75,250
Financial Managers	17,730	$156,730
Financial Analysts	11,980	$93,870
Business Professors	5,490	$91,520

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 AU540Up under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.