Accounting at Georgia State University

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what Georgia State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Georgia State is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 36,360. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 171 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Georgia State.

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 State Accounting Degrees Available

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

Georgia State Accounting Rankings

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

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 Georgia State 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 Popular Accounting Schools	54
Best Value Accounting Schools	701

In 2021, 83 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Georgia State. This makes it the #51 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in accounting, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Georgia State Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Georgia State is $47,381. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 2% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Georgia State

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

Georgia State Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 171 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from Georgia State. 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 State since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	54
Black or African American	44
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	37
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Georgia State Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 83 accounting students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Georgia State, about 33% were men and 67% were women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 64% of degree recipients. That is 28% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	23
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Georgia State also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 2 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Taxation
• International Business
• General Sales & Marketing
• 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 GA, the home state for Georgia 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
• Image Credit: By Jayingram11 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.