Accounting at Oglethorpe University

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

Oglethorpe is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 1,452. In 2021, 9 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Oglethorpe.

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

Oglethorpe Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Oglethorpe Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Oglethorpe 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 Oglethorpe 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
	260
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	329
	399
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	477
Best Accounting Schools	597
Most Focused Accounting Schools	741
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	798
Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	872
Best Value Accounting Schools	1,336
Most Popular Accounting Schools	1,407

Accounting Student Demographics at Oglethorpe

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

Oglethorpe Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 22% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Oglethorpe since its program graduates 36% 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 Oglethorpe University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• 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 GA, the home state for Oglethorpe 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 Boston Public Library under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.