Accounting at Lock Haven University

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

LHU is located in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania and approximately 3,163 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 10 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from LHU.

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

LHU Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

LHU Accounting Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at LHU 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
	319
	542
	577
	682
	731
	731
	754
	899
	947
	969

Accounting Student Demographics at LHU

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

LHU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from LHU. Of these graduates, 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at LHU since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at LHU 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 Lock Haven University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

LHU 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 Lock Haven 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 Ruhrfisch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.