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Undergraduate Accounting at Northwestern State University of Louisiana

Below are the key facts about this program at NSU. You can study it at the Bachelor’s level. It ranks as high as #11 out of 14 schools (Bachelor’s level) by College Factual. Jump to any of the following sections:

• Rankings
• Available Degrees
• Bachelor’s Degrees

NSU Undergraduate Accounting Rankings

College Factual rates NSU highly for accounting, coming in at #979 out of 1,049 schools nationally.

Ranking	Rank
Best Accounting Schools	979 of 1,049
Best Accounting Schools in Louisiana	12 of 16
Best Accounting Schools in the Southeast Region	213 of 239

Undergraduate Accounting Degrees at NSU

Here is each degree level available for accounting at NSU, along with how many graduates complete each level annually.

Degree Level	Annual Graduates
Bachelor’s	37

NSU Accounting Bachelor’s Degrees

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, Northwestern State University of Louisiana conferred 37 bachelor’s degrees in accounting.

Bachelor’s Rankings

NSU holds a strong position among schools offering accounting at the bachelor’s level. In particular it placed #11 out of 14 schools by College Factual.

Ranking	Rank
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana	11
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	151
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	662

Salary of Accounting Graduates with a Bachelor’s Degree

Accounting majors who earn their bachelor’s degree from NSU go on to jobs where they make a median salary of $38,761 a year. This is below $54,388, the median for all majors at NSU.

Student Debt of Accounting Graduates with a Bachelor’s Degree

To complete a bachelor’s at NSU, accounting graduates take on a median debt of $29,371 in student loans. This is higher than $27,418, the typical median for all majors at NSU.

NSU Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$5,180	$15,968
Fees	$3,684	$3,684

Find out more about NSU tuition and fees.

Bachelor’s Student Diversity

In the most recent graduating class, 27% of accounting bachelor’s degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

The majority of accounting bachelor’s degree graduates at NSU were White. About 68% of graduates fell into this category.

The following table and chart show the ethnic background for students who recently graduated from Northwestern State University of Louisiana with a bachelor’s in accounting.

Ethnic Background	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	25
Non-Resident Aliens	0
Other Races	4

References

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• Image Credit: By Fitzed under License More about our data sources and methodologies.