Accounting at University of Pennsylvania

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what University of Pennsylvania has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 26,552 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,088 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Pennsylvania in 2021, 19 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.

UPenn Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting
• Doctorate Degree in Accounting

UPenn Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how UPenn 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 UPenn 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
	1
	2
	3
	11
	91
	223
	1,898

In 2021, 20 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UPenn. This makes it the #259 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in accounting, making the school the #11 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Accounting Student Demographics at UPenn

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

UPenn Accounting Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from UPenn. About 32% of these graduates were women and the other 68% were men. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UPenn since its program graduates 27% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UPenn Accounting Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students earned a master's degree in accounting from UPenn. About 25% of these graduates were women and the other 75% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. UPenn does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 33% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UPenn also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Accounting

If you plan to be a accounting major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Pennsylvania. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	40

Related Majors

• General Sales & Marketing
• International Business
• General Business/Commerce
• Human Resource Management
• Real Estate

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 PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	55,360	$40,660
Accountants and Auditors	51,720	$75,250
Financial Managers	17,730	$156,730
Financial Analysts	11,980	$93,870
Business Professors	5,490	$91,520

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 WestCoastivieS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.