Accounting at Georgia Southern University

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

GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and approximately 26,949 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 93 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from GaSou.

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

GaSou Accounting Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Accounting (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at GaSou

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? GaSou offers distance education options for accounting at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

GaSou Accounting Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at GaSou 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 Basic Certificate Schools	72
Most Popular Accounting Schools	121
	180
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	460

In 2021, 59 students received their master’s degree in accounting from GaSou. This makes it the #80 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of GaSou Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at GaSou is $41,477. 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 GaSou

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

GaSou Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at GaSou since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at GaSou 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 Southern University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	65
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

GaSou Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 59 students who earned a master's degree in Accounting from GaSou in 2020-2021, 47% were men and 53% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. GaSou does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from GaSou, 71% 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 Southern University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	42
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Taxation
• International Business
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Management Information Systems
• Finance & Financial 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 Southern 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
• Image Credit: By Richardelainechambers at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.