Accounting at Wilkes University

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

Wilkes is located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 4,781. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Wilkes.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Wilkes performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

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
	339
	402
	516
	584
	655
	702
	747
	791
	967
	1,012

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

Of the 17 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Wilkes, about 65% were men and 35% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Wilkes since its program graduates 19% 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.

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 PA, the home state for Wilkes University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Accountants and Auditors	51,720	$75,250
Business Professors	5,490	$91,520
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	3,360	$48,580
Credit Analysts	2,330	$80,710
Financial Examiners	1,530	$91,850

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.