Accounting at Kennesaw State University

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

KSU Georgia is located in Kennesaw, Georgia and approximately 41,181 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 231 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from KSU Georgia.

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

KSU Georgia Accounting Degrees Available

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

KSU Georgia Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how KSU Georgia 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 KSU Georgia 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27
Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	186
	244
Best Accounting Schools	395
Best Value Accounting Schools	432

In 2021, 42 students received their master’s degree in accounting from KSU Georgia. This makes it the #126 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from KSU Georgia Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at KSU Georgia is $49,982. This is 8% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at KSU Georgia

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

KSU Georgia Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 231 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from KSU Georgia. Of these graduates, 52% were men and 48% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at KSU Georgia since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at KSU Georgia are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Kennesaw State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	35
Hispanic or Latino	34
White	127
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

KSU Georgia Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 42 accounting students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from KSU Georgia, about 40% were men and 60% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from KSU Georgia, 64% 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 Kennesaw State University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	27
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Business/Managerial Economics
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• General Sales & Marketing
• International Business
• Hospitality 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 Kennesaw 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.