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Bookkeeping Schools in Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA (population: 1,445,993) has twelve bookkeeping schools within its city limits. University of Pennsylvania, the highest ranked school in the city with a bookkeeping program, has a total student population of 24,599. It is the 5th highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of Pennsylvania.

Bookkeeping students from Philadelphia schools who go on to become bookkeepers, bookkeeping clerks, accounting managers, accounting officers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 1,757,870 people working as bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $34,750. Also, Accountants and auditors make on average $67,430 per year and there are about 1,106,980 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Philadelphia Metropolitan area alone, there are 19,840 employed accountants and auditors earning an average salary of $76,440. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in this area earn $38,610/yr and there are 23,920 employed.

Philadelphia lies in Philadelphia county, which is one of the 32 counties in Pennsylvania. Overall, the Philadelphia Metropolitan area has 1,832,880 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment rate, $23.24/hr average worker wage, and a $48,340 average annual salary. Thus, about 13.049 out of every 1000 jobs in Philadelphia are held by bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks, and 10.823/1000 are held by accountants and auditors.

Of the 12 bookkeeping schools in Philadelphia, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Prism Career Institute comes out as the most expensive ($39,504/yr) for bookkeeping students, with Community College of Philadelphia as the lowest, reported at only $6,012/yr.

Bookkeeping Programs in Philadelphia

Prism Career Institute

• Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
  

DPT Business School

• Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Community College of Philadelphia

• Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Peirce College

• Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
  

  Levels offered: Associates

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See Also

• Bookkeeping Information
• Salary Details for a Bookkeeper
• Online Bookkeeping Schools
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• Online Bookkeeping Certifications

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