Accounting at Drexel University

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

Drexel is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 23,589. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 256 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Drexel.

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

Drexel Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Drexel Accounting Rankings

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

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 Drexel 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
	49
	74
	422
	1,194

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Drexel. This makes it the #425 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from Drexel Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Drexel is $60,324. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 30% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Drexel

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

Drexel Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at Drexel awarded 256 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 66% of these degrees went to men with the other 34% going to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Drexel since its program graduates 24% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Drexel University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	54
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	101
International Students	68
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

Drexel Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 7 students who graduated with a master’s in accounting from Drexel in 2021, 29% were men and 71% were women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Drexel University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Drexel 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Drexel University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting and Finance	190
Accounting and Business/Management	73

Related Majors

• Real Estate
• Hospitality Management
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• International Business
• Construction 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 Drexel 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.