Accounting at Northeastern State University

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

NSU is located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and approximately 7,349 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,476 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northeastern State University in 2021, 84 of them were accounting majors.

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

NSU Accounting Degrees Available

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

NSU Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at NSU 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 NSU 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	171
Most Popular Accounting Schools	266
Best Accounting Schools	747
	827

In 2021, 14 students received their master’s degree in accounting from NSU. This makes it the #332 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from NSU Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at NSU is $44,315. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting students.

Accounting Student Demographics at NSU

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

NSU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 37% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at NSU 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 Northeastern State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	55
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

NSU Accounting Master’s Program

The accounting program at NSU awarded 14 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 21% of these degrees went to men with the other 79% going to women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 21% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

Related Majors

• Hospitality Management
• Management Information Systems
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing
• Business Administration & 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 OK, the home state for Northeastern State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	21,800	$39,010
Accountants and Auditors	13,650	$73,040
Financial Managers	6,320	$111,700
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	2,300	$40,680
Financial Analysts	1,490	$70,300

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 CPacker under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.