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Accounting at Virginia Western Community College

If you plan to study Accounting, you may want to check out the program at Virginia Western Community College. Get started with the following essential facts.

Virginia Western Community College is in Roanoke, VA.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 10 accounting graduations were recorded at Virginia Western Community College.

Online & Distance Learning at Virginia Western Community College

Distance learning is available at Virginia Western Community College. Among 6,332 students, 1,354 (21%) studied exclusively online and 1,540 (24%) took at least some classes online.

Accounting Rankings at Virginia Western Community College

These rankings give you a sense of how Virginia Western Community College’s Accounting program against other schools offering the same major.

Associate-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Value	Virginia	#2 of 20
Best Schools (Quality)	Virginia	#11 of 21
Best Value	Southeast (Region)	#39 of 265
Best Schools (Quality)	Southeast (Region)	#125 of 265
Best Value	Nationwide	#149 of 1,141
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#735 of 1,145

Earnings for Accounting Graduates from Virginia Western Community College

Students who complete Virginia Western Community College’s Accounting program earn the following amounts (per the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard):

Years After Graduation	Median Earnings
1 year	$34,126
2 years	$21,964
3 years	$31,709
4 years	$37,814

Is this above or below average for the school? Four years after graduating, Accounting graduates from Virginia Western Community College report median earnings of $37,814, compared with $39,533 for all Virginia Western Community College graduates — about 4% lower than the school-wide median.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the diversity of Accounting graduates at Virginia Western Community College, broken down by degree level.

Looking at the program as a whole, Accounting graduates at Virginia Western Community College are 60% women (6) and 40% men (4).

Accounting Associate’s Program at Virginia Western Community College

Of the 10 associate’s accounting graduates at Virginia Western Community College, 60% were women (6) and 40% were men (4).

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

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	7
Hispanic / Latino	1
Black / African American	1
Asian	1

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 30% of Accounting associate’s degree recipients at Virginia Western Community College, lower than 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 Virginia Western Community College

This Accounting program at Virginia Western Community College offers more specialized concentrations:

Concentration	Graduates
Other Accounting	10

Top-Paying Careers for Accounting Graduates

Graduates of the Accounting program at Virginia Western Community College go on to a range of careers. The table below ranks the highest-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.