Accounting at George Fox University

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

GFU is located in Newberg, Oregon and approximately 4,106 students attend the school each year. Of the 651 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from George Fox University in 2021, 9 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.

GFU Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

GFU Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at GFU 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 GFU 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 Accounting Schools	248
Most Popular Accounting Schools	1,407

Earnings of GFU Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at GFU is $57,109. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 23% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at GFU

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

GFU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from GFU in 2020-2021, 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at GFU since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at GFU 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 George Fox University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• International Business
• Marketing
• Finance & Financial 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 OR, the home state for George Fox University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	23,960	$41,840
Accountants and Auditors	11,890	$71,450
Financial Managers	7,830	$118,680
Financial Analysts	2,390	$92,640
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	2,060	$46,620

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 George Fox University under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.