Accounting at Alvernia University

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

Alvernia is located in Reading, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 2,560. 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
	272
	297
	390
	458
	486
	521
	588
	666
	787
	1,039

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

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Alvernia since its program graduates 2% 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.

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 Alvernia 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 AU540Up under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.