Accounting at Mercyhurst University

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

Mercyhurst is located in Erie, Pennsylvania and approximately 2,790 students attend the school each year. Of the 104 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mercyhurst University in 2021, 11 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.

Mercyhurst Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Mercyhurst Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Mercyhurst 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 Mercyhurst 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
	77
	77
	680
	711
	781
	803
	904
	958
	1,133

Accounting Student Demographics at Mercyhurst

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

Mercyhurst Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from Mercyhurst in 2021, 55% were men and 45% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Mercyhurst since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Mercyhurst 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 Mercyhurst University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Mercyhurst 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 Mercyhurst 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.