Accounting at Saint Peter’s University

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

Saint Peter's College is located in Jersey City, New Jersey and approximately 3,197 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 29 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Saint Peter's College.

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

Saint Peter’s College Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Saint Peter’s College Accounting Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Saint Peter's College 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
	301
	440
	452
	522
	653
	761
	832

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in accounting from Saint Peter’s College. This is the #523 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Saint Peter's College Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Saint Peter's College is $50,850. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 10% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Saint Peter's College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Saint Peter’s University.

Saint Peter’s College Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 29 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Saint Peter's College, about 38% were men and 62% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	4
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Concentrations Within Accounting

Accounting majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Saint Peter's University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	29

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Insurance
• International Business
• Marketing

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 NJ, the home state for Saint Peter's University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	43,380	$46,860
Accountants and Auditors	37,370	$90,400
Financial Managers	21,340	$175,880
Financial Analysts	10,560	$106,100
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	4,130	$47,450

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.