Accounting at University of Charleston

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

UC is located in Charleston, West Virginia and has a total student population of 2,967. Of the 387 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Charleston in 2021, 16 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.

UC Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

UC Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how UC 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 UC 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
	183
	232
	246
	370
	427
	439
	599
	657
	769
	870

Accounting Student Demographics at UC

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

UC Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 16 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UC, about 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at UC since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UC 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 WV, the home state for University of Charleston.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Accountants and Auditors	3,840	$68,160
Business Professors	750	$66,340
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	240	$49,230
Budget Analysts	210	$67,460
Credit Analysts	130	$61,140

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 Lkeadle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.