Accounting at University of South Dakota

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

USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and approximately 9,459 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,333 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of South Dakota in 2021, 55 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.

USD Accounting Degrees Available

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

USD Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at USD 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 USD 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	45
Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	55
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	159

In 2021, 31 students received their master’s degree in accounting from USD. This makes it the #172 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of USD Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at USD is $43,992. This is less than $46,292, which is the national average of all accounting majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Accounting Student Demographics at USD

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

USD Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at USD since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

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

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

USD Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 31 students who graduated with a master’s in accounting from USD in 2021, 58% were men and 42% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. USD does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 16% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from USD, 94% 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 University of South Dakota with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	29
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Human Resource Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Marketing
• Finance & Financial 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 SD, the home state for University of South Dakota.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	9,670	$33,970
Accountants and Auditors	4,480	$65,800
Financial Managers	680	$132,030
Financial Analysts	450	$73,870
Credit Analysts	380	$62,210

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.