The main focus area for this major is Accounting. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Accounting is a major offered under the business, management and marketing program of study at Temple University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in accounting, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. Temple was ranked #167 on College Factual's most recent list of the best schools for accounting majors. This puts the bachelor's program at the school solidly in the top 15% of all colleges and universities in the country. It is also ranked #14 in Pennsylvania.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Temple paid an average of $1,208 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $670 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $16,080 | $28,992 |
Fees | $890 | $890 |
Books and Supplies | $1,494 | $1,494 |
On Campus Room and Board | $14,778 | $14,778 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,462 | $2,462 |
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One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at Temple in Accounting walked away with an average of $27,000 in student debt. That is about the same as the national average of $26,527.
accounting who receive their bachelor’s degree from Temple make an average of $51,392 a year during the early days of their career. That is 15% higher than the national average of $44,879.
Online degrees for the Temple accounting bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Temple Online Learning page.
About 37.4% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in accounting in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 50.4%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in accounting at Temple in 2019-2020, 32.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 31%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 48 |
Black or African American | 18 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
White | 112 |
International Students | 34 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 6 |
Accounting students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Accounting | 222 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to accounting.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Business/Commerce | 158 |
Business Administration & Management | 70 |
Entrepreneurial Studies | 38 |
Finance & Financial Management | 375 |
Hospitality Management | 76 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.