Accounting at Southeastern Louisiana University

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what Southeastern Louisiana University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Southeastern is located in Hammond, Louisiana and approximately 14,426 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 89 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Southeastern.

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

Southeastern Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Southeastern Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Southeastern performed in these rankings.

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 Southeastern 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 Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	773

Earnings of Southeastern Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Southeastern is $38,388. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting students.

Accounting Student Demographics at Southeastern

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

Southeastern Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 89 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from Southeastern in 2021, 34% were men and 66% were women.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Southeastern 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 Southeastern Louisiana University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	70
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• 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 LA, the home state for Southeastern Louisiana University.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	20,140	$37,180
Accountants and Auditors	10,390	$66,860
Financial Managers	5,280	$106,950
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	2,460	$39,250
Tax Preparers	1,430	$39,590

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 Richard David Ramsey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.