Accounting at Belhaven University

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

Belhaven is located in Jackson, Mississippi and has a total student population of 4,999. In 2021, 14 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Belhaven.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

Belhaven Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at Belhaven

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Belhaven does offer online courses in accounting for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Belhaven Accounting Rankings

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

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 Belhaven 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
Best Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	34
Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	42
Most Focused Accounting Basic Certificate Schools	503
Most Popular Accounting Basic Certificate Schools	503
Best Accounting Schools	818
Best Value Accounting Schools	898
Most Popular Accounting Schools	1,059

Accounting Student Demographics at Belhaven

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

Belhaven Accounting Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Belhaven. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Belhaven since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Belhaven are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Belhaven University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Belhaven also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Finance & Financial Management
• Human Resource 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 MS, the home state for Belhaven University.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	12,230	$38,130
Accountants and Auditors	5,460	$62,850
Financial Managers	3,670	$101,840
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1,040	$39,250
Financial Analysts	530	$74,230

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 David Lazich under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.