The main focus area for this major is Accounting. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Accounting is a major offered under the business, management and marketing program of study at Georgia Southern University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in accounting, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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If you have a knack for numbers and want a career that allows you to use your skills in the business field, consider the online Bachelor of Science in Accounting degree program at Southern New Hampshire University.
BS in Business Administration - Accounting
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at GaSou was ranked #314 on College Factual's Best Schools for accounting list. It is also ranked #8 in Georgia.
Here are some of the other rankings for GaSou.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at GaSou paid an average of $643 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $182 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $4,371 | $15,425 |
Fees | $2,114 | $2,114 |
Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,136 | $10,136 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $6,158 | $6,158 |
Learn more about GaSou tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Accounting students who received their bachelor’s degree at GaSou took out an average of $23,072 in student loans. That is 13% lower than the national average of $26,527.
The median early career salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor’s degree from GaSou is $44,077 per year. That is about the same as the national average of $44,879.
Online degrees for the GaSou accounting bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the GaSou Online Learning page.
About 50.0% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in accounting in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 50.4%.
Around 30.4% of accounting bachelor’s degree recipients at GaSou in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 31%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 15 |
Hispanic or Latino | 11 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 69 |
International Students | 2 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Accounting students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Accounting | 102 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to accounting.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Business Administration & Management | 303 |
Business/Managerial Economics | 57 |
Finance & Financial Management | 112 |
International Business | 10 |
Management Information Systems | 61 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.