Accounting at Freed-Hardeman University

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

FHU is located in Henderson, Tennessee and approximately 2,188 students attend the school each year. Of the 363 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Freed-Hardeman University in 2021, 15 of them were accounting majors.

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

FHU Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

FHU Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at FHU 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 FHU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	594
	980
Best Accounting Schools	1,011
Best Value Accounting Schools	1,076
	1,415

Accounting Student Demographics at FHU

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

FHU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from FHU, about 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at FHU since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at FHU 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 Freed-Hardeman University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing
• 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 TN, the home state for Freed-Hardeman University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	30,480	$40,380
Accountants and Auditors	19,760	$69,690
Financial Managers	15,870	$111,460
Financial Analysts	4,510	$74,870
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	2,650	$44,650

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 Skye Marthaler under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.