Accounting at Tennessee State University

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

Tennessee State University is located in Nashville, Tennessee and approximately 7,615 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Tennessee State University.

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

Tennessee State University Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Tennessee State University Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Tennessee State University 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 Tennessee State University 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
	597
Best Accounting Schools	1,007

Earnings of Tennessee State University Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Tennessee State University is $44,583. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting students.

Accounting Student Demographics at Tennessee State University

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

Tennessee State University Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from Tennessee State University. Of these graduates, 44% were men and 56% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Tennessee State University since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 Tennessee State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Tennessee State University 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
• 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 TN, the home state for Tennessee State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	30,480	$40,380
Accountants and Auditors	19,760	$69,690
Financial Managers	15,870	$111,460
Financial Analysts	4,510	$74,870
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	2,650	$44,650

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 The Peep Holes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.