Accounting at Harding University

Every accounting school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the accounting program at Harding University stacks up to those at other schools.

Harding is located in Searcy, Arkansas and approximately 4,617 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 47 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Harding.

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

Harding Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Harding Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Harding compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Harding 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
	151
Most Popular Accounting Schools	541

Earnings of Harding Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Harding is $56,219. 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 Harding

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

Harding Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 47 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Harding, about 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Harding since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Harding 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 Harding University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	40
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• General Sales & Marketing
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• Finance & Financial Management
• International Business
• 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 AR, the home state for Harding University.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	11,730	$36,310
Accountants and Auditors	7,270	$67,700
Financial Managers	4,350	$106,530
Financial Analysts	1,060	$78,050
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1,040	$39,360

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.