Accounting at Texas State University

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

Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and approximately 38,644 students attend the school each year. In 2019, 161 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Texas State.

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

Texas State Accounting Degrees Available

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

Texas State Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Texas State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Texas State 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 Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	72
Most Popular Accounting Schools	92
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	165
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	174
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	380
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	391
Best Accounting Schools	426
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	682
Most Focused Accounting Schools	785

In 2019, 36 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Texas State. This makes it the #165 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Texas State

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

Texas State Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 161 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Texas State in 2018-2019, 52% were men and 48% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Texas State since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 50% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Texas State are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Texas State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	58
White	81
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Texas State Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 36 accounting majors earned their master's degree from Texas State. Of these graduates, 47% were men and 53% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 46% men graduate in accounting each year. Texas State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Texas State, 64% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Texas State University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	23
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Texas State 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 TX, the home state for Texas State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Accountants and Auditors	115,270	$80,200
Credit Analysts	7,700	$81,540
Business Professors	6,060	$110,450
Budget Analysts	4,370	$77,900
Financial Examiners	4,210	$84,350

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.