Accounting at Diablo Valley College

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if Diablo Valley College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting program.

Diablo Valley is located in Pleasant Hill, California and has a total student population of 18,693.

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

Diablo Valley Accounting Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Accounting (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at Diablo Valley

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Diablo Valley offers distance education options for accounting at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

Diablo Valley Accounting 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.

Accounting Student Demographics at Diablo Valley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Diablo Valley College.

Diablo Valley Accounting Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of accounting associate's degrees went to men and 62% went to women.

Diablo Valley does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in accounting graduates 33% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Diablo Valley College with a associate's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Accounting

The following accounting concentations are available at Diablo Valley College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Diablo Valley College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	13

Related Majors

• Hospitality Management
• General Business/Commerce
• 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 CA, the home state for Diablo Valley College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	186,970	$47,750
Accountants and Auditors	148,600	$84,430
Financial Managers	81,350	$157,480
Financial Analysts	37,900	$109,640
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	22,650	$51,520

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.