Accounting at Transylvania University

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

Transylvania is located in Lexington, Kentucky and approximately 963 students attend the school each year. Of the 44 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Transylvania University in 2021, 17 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.

Transylvania Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Transylvania Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Transylvania 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 Transylvania 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
	35
	126
	247
	294
	608
	666
	704
	949
	1,059
	1,180

Earnings of Transylvania Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Transylvania is $43,754. This is less than $46,292, which is the national average of all accounting majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Accounting Student Demographics at Transylvania

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

Transylvania Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 17 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Transylvania, about 65% were men and 35% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Transylvania since its program graduates 23% more men than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Transylvania 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 Transylvania University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Transylvania 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Transylvania University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	17

Related Majors

• General Business/Commerce

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 KY, the home state for Transylvania University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	19,450	$37,950
Accountants and Auditors	11,160	$67,080
Financial Managers	6,190	$114,420
Financial Analysts	1,710	$69,830
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1,620	$41,290

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 TUPictures under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.