Accounting at Wilkes University

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

Wilkes is located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 4,781. Of the 110 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wilkes 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.

Wilkes Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Wilkes Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Wilkes compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Wilkes 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
	346
	432
	547
	608
	742
	791
	848
	1,059
	1,224
	1,462

Earnings of Wilkes Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Wilkes is $46,218. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting students.

Accounting Student Demographics at Wilkes

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

Wilkes Accounting Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Wilkes. About 35% of these graduates were women and the other 65% were men. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Wilkes since its program graduates 23% more men than average.

About 94% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Wilkes 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 Wilkes University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Wilkes 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Wilkes University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	17

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Hospitality Management
• Marketing
• Finance & Financial Management
• Business Administration & Management

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 Wilkes University.

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 Jrmski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.