Accounting at Shorter 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 Shorter University stacks up to those at other schools.

Shorter is located in Rome, Georgia and approximately 1,410 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Shorter.

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

Shorter Accounting Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Shorter

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Shorter offers distance education options for accounting at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Shorter Accounting Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Shorter 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 Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	70
	142
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	226
	235
Most Focused Accounting Schools	312
	320
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	373
Best Accounting Schools	604

In 2021, 11 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Shorter. This makes it the #374 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Shorter

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

Shorter Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from Shorter in 2021, 25% were men and 75% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Shorter 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 Shorter University with a bachelor's in accounting.

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

Shorter Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 11 students who earned a master's degree in Accounting from Shorter in 2020-2021, 9% were men and 91% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Shorter, 100% 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 Shorter University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• 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 GA, the home state for Shorter 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 Thomson200 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.