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Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg Bachelor’s in Accounting

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 Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in accounting, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

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Rankings for the Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor’s in Accounting

#192 in the U.S
#20 in Pennsylvania

Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at Penn State Harrisburg was ranked #192 on College Factual's Best Schools for accounting list. It is also ranked #20 in Pennsylvania.

Here are some of the other rankings for Penn State Harrisburg.

Ranking Type Rank
Highest Paid Accounting Graduates 76
Best Colleges for Accounting 192
Best Accounting Colleges for Veterans 222
Best Value Colleges for Accounting 353
Most Popular Colleges for Accounting 685
Most Focused Colleges for Accounting 901

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Accounting from Penn State Harrisburg Cost?

$15,206 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)
$27,000 Average Student Debt

Penn State Harrisburg Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2018-2019 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Penn State Harrisburg paid an average of $997 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $592 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $14,214 $23,924
Fees $992 $992
Books and Supplies $1,840 $1,840
On Campus Room and Board $11,884 $11,884
On Campus Other Expenses $4,788 $4,788

Learn more about Penn State Harrisburg tuition and fees.

Penn State Harrisburg Accounting Bachelor’s Student Debt

You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Accounting students who received their bachelor’s degree at Penn State Harrisburg took out an average of $27,000 in student loans. That is about the same as the national average of $26,527.

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How Much Can You Make With a Bachelor’s in Accounting From Penn State Harrisburg?

$56,200 Average Salary
High Earnings Boost

The median early career salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Penn State Harrisburg is $56,200 per year. That is 25% higher than the national average of $44,879.

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Does Penn State Harrisburg Offer an Online Bachelor’s in Accounting?

Online degrees for the Penn State Harrisburg 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 Penn State Harrisburg Online Learning page.

Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Accounting

22 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
59.1% Women
40.9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2018-2019 academic year, there were 22 bachelor’s degrees in accounting handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 59.1% of the accounting students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2018-2019. This is higher than the nationwide number of 51.3%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in accounting at Penn State Harrisburg in 2018-2019, 40.9% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 31%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 0
Native American or Alaska Native 1
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 10
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Bachelor’s in Accounting Focus Areas at Penn State Harrisburg

Accounting students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Accounting 22

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to accounting.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Business/Commerce 1
Business Administration & Management 49
Finance & Financial Management 31
Management Information Systems 8
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 9

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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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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