Accounting at Carlow University

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

Carlow is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,976 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Carlow.

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

Carlow Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Carlow Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Carlow 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 Carlow 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
	569
	586
	736
	748
	783
	798
	820
	1,216
	1,366
	1,407

Earnings of Carlow Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Carlow is $45,285. 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 Carlow

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

Carlow Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at Carlow awarded 9 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Carlow 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 Carlow University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentrations Within Accounting

Accounting majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Carlow University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Auditing	5
Accounting	4

Related Majors

• Human Resource 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 Carlow 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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.