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Accounting at San Jacinto Community College

If you are interested in studying Accounting, you may want to check out the program at San Jacinto Community College. We’ve gathered the following information to help you decide.

San Jacinto Community College is located in Pasadena, TX.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 37 accounting graduations were recorded at San Jacinto Community College.

Online & Distance Learning at San Jacinto Community College

Many students take online classes at San Jacinto Community College. Among 31,812 students, 9,455 (30%) were enrolled entirely in distance education and 10,097 (32%) took at least some classes online.

Accounting Rankings at San Jacinto Community College

Use these rankings to compare San Jacinto Community College’s Accounting program to other colleges that offer this major.

Associate-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Value	Texas	#16 of 68
Best Schools (Quality)	Texas	#19 of 68
Best Value	Southwest (Region)	#22 of 106
Best Schools (Quality)	Southwest (Region)	#30 of 107
Best Value	Nationwide	#187 of 1,141
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#381 of 1,145

Earnings for Accounting Graduates from San Jacinto Community College

Graduates of San Jacinto Community College’s Accounting program earn the following amounts (per the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard):

Years After Graduation	Median Earnings
2 years	$31,907
3 years	$36,698
4 years	$42,896
5 years	$45,383

Is this above or below average for the school? Four years out, Accounting graduates from San Jacinto Community College take home a median $42,896, compared with $48,100 for all San Jacinto Community College graduates — about 11% lower than the school-wide median.

Student Demographics & Diversity

Take a look at the composition of Accounting graduates at San Jacinto Community College, broken down by degree level.

Program-wide, Accounting graduates at San Jacinto Community College are 92% women (34) and 8% men (3).

Accounting Associate’s Program at San Jacinto Community College

Among the 16 associate’s accounting graduates at San Jacinto Community College, 94% were women (15) and 6% were men (1).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Accounting associate’s degree recipients at San Jacinto Community College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	3
Hispanic / Latino	12
International (Nonresident)	1

Minority students account for 75% of Accounting associate’s degree recipients at San Jacinto Community College, above the national average of 46%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

More Specific Accounting Concentrations at San Jacinto Community College

The Accounting program at San Jacinto Community College breaks down into more specific concentrations:

Concentration	Graduates
General Accounting	37

Best-Paid Careers for Accounting Graduates

Students who finish Accounting program at San Jacinto Community College pursue many career paths. The table below ranks the top-paying careers for Accounting majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Treasurers and Controllers	$162,461
Investment Fund Managers	$157,819
Financial Risk Specialists	$127,364
Appraisers of Personal and Business Property	$118,242
Financial Examiners	$117,139
Financial and Investment Analysts	$82,666
Budget Analysts	$80,859
Accountants and Auditors	$79,222
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	$77,212
Financial Managers	$75,665

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.