Accounting at Providence College

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

Providence is located in Providence, Rhode Island and approximately 4,821 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 70 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Providence.

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

Providence Accounting Degrees Available

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

Providence Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Providence performed in these rankings.

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 Providence 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
	16
	23
	46
	87
	109
	110
	220
	235
	298
	379
	447
	483
	762

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from Providence Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Providence is $63,900. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 38% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Providence

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

Providence Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 70 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from Providence in 2021, 59% were men and 41% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Providence since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Providence 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 Providence College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	59
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Concentrations Within Accounting

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	70

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Marketing
• Finance & Financial 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 RI, the home state for Providence College.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	6,150	$44,120
Accountants and Auditors	4,420	$81,090
Financial Managers	2,580	$145,120
Financial Analysts	1,010	$80,650
Credit Analysts	740	$75,050

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 John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.