Accounting at Georgia Southern University

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

GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and has a total student population of 26,408. In 2019, 123 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from GaSou.

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

GaSou Accounting Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Accounting (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at GaSou

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? GaSou offers distance education options for accounting at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

GaSou Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at GaSou 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 GaSou 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 Basic Certificate Schools	21
Most Popular Accounting Basic Certificate Schools	31
Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	55
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	64
Most Focused Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	75
Most Focused Accounting Basic Certificate Schools	84
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	155
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	201
Most Focused Accounting Schools	394
Best Accounting Schools	464
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	559

In 2019, 83 students received their master’s degree in accounting from GaSou. This makes it the #64 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at GaSou

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

GaSou Accounting Bachelor’s Program

In the 2018-2019 academic year, 123 students earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from GaSou. About 48% of these graduates were women and the other 52% were men. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at GaSou since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at GaSou 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 Georgia Southern University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	93
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

GaSou Accounting Master’s Program

In the 2018-2019 academic year, 83 students earned a master's degree in accounting from GaSou. About 61% of these graduates were women and the other 39% were men.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from GaSou, 70% 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 Georgia Southern University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	58
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

GaSou also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 Georgia Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Accountants and Auditors	37,200	$75,930
Credit Analysts	2,320	$70,040
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	2,020	$50,490
Business Professors	1,930	$94,670
Budget Analysts	1,730	$70,050

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 Richardelainechambers at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.