Accounting at University of South Florida - Main Campus

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what University of South Florida - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

USF Tampa is located in Tampa, Florida and approximately 50,626 students attend the school each year.

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

USF Tampa Accounting Degrees Available

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

USF Tampa Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at USF Tampa 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.

Accounting Student Demographics at USF Tampa

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

USF Tampa Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at USF Tampa since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 University of South Florida - Main Campus with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	29
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	53
White	111
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

USF Tampa Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 51% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 49% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. USF Tampa does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from USF Tampa, 58% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of South Florida - Main Campus with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	42
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Accounting

The following accounting concentations are available at University of South Florida - Main Campus. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of South Florida - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	387

Related Majors

• Insurance
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Hospitality Management
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• International Business

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 FL, the home state for University of South Florida - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	97,300	$40,220
Accountants and Auditors	71,940	$71,790
Financial Managers	29,050	$132,850
Financial Analysts	13,400	$78,280
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	7,520	$42,520

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 Rick DeBow under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.