Accounting at Georgia Southwestern State University

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

GSW is located in Americus, Georgia and approximately 2,907 students attend the school each year. Of the 171 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Southwestern State University in 2019, 62 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.

GSW Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at GSW

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

GSW does offer online education options in accounting for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

GSW Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how GSW 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 GSW 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
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	29
Most Popular Online Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	47
Most Focused Accounting Schools	56
Most Popular Online Accounting Schools	59
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	253
Most Popular Accounting Schools	356
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	412
Best Accounting Schools	478

Accounting Student Demographics at GSW

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

GSW Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 62 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2018-2019 from GSW, about 34% were men and 66% were women.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at GSW are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Georgia Southwestern State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	41
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

GSW 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 Southwestern State 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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.