Accounting at Gustavus Adolphus College

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

Gustavus Adolphus is located in Saint Peter, Minnesota and has a total student population of 2,230. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Gustavus Adolphus.

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

Gustavus Adolphus Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Gustavus Adolphus Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Gustavus Adolphus 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 Gustavus Adolphus 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	59
	117

Earnings of Gustavus Adolphus Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Gustavus Adolphus is $56,092. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 21% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Gustavus Adolphus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Gustavus Adolphus College.

Gustavus Adolphus Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from Gustavus Adolphus. About 63% were men and 38% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Gustavus Adolphus since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Gustavus Adolphus 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 Gustavus Adolphus College with a bachelor's in accounting.

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

Gustavus Adolphus 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

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 MN, the home state for Gustavus Adolphus College.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	31,110	$44,210
Accountants and Auditors	22,960	$72,480
Financial Managers	15,610	$133,970
Financial Analysts	6,320	$93,160
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	2,550	$50,570

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
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