Accounting at Ferris State University

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

Ferris is located in Big Rapids, Michigan and approximately 11,165 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 44 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Ferris.

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

Ferris Accounting Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Accounting
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Ferris Accounting Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Ferris 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
Most Focused Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	91
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	494

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from Ferris Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Ferris is $41,751. This is less than $46,292, which is the national average of all accounting majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Accounting Student Demographics at Ferris

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

Ferris Accounting Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of accounting associate's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in accounting at Ferris are white. Around 80% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

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

Ferris Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Ferris since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Ferris 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 Ferris State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	38
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Insurance
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Human Resource Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing

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 MI, the home state for Ferris State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	37,490	$39,130
Accountants and Auditors	33,610	$74,370
Financial Managers	14,760	$128,270
Financial Analysts	6,090	$84,410
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	3,690	$44,030

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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.