Accounting at Georgia College & State University

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at Georgia College & State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Georgia College is located in Milledgeville, Georgia and has a total student population of 6,873. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 43 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Georgia College.

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

Georgia College Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Georgia College Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Georgia College performed in these rankings.

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 Georgia College 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 Master’s Degree Schools	194
Most Popular Accounting Schools	403
Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	410
Most Focused Accounting Schools	543

In 2021, 22 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Georgia College. This makes it the #235 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from Georgia College Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Georgia College is $45,926. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting students.

Accounting Student Demographics at Georgia College

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

Georgia College Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 43 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from Georgia College. Of these graduates, 44% were men and 56% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Georgia College since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Georgia College 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 Georgia College & State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	34
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Georgia College Accounting Master’s Program

The accounting program at Georgia College awarded 22 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. Georgia College does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Georgia College, 82% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• General Business/Commerce
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Management Information Systems
• 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 GA, the home state for Georgia College & State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Accountants and Auditors	37,200	$75,930
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	37,130	$40,330
Financial Managers	17,840	$145,920
Financial Analysts	7,400	$84,350
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	3,850	$46,250

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.