by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 3,648 people earned their degree in accounting and finance, making the major the 289th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 2,165 accounting and finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 accounting and finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in accounting and finance. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their accounting and finance program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree accounting and finance students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Maryville College landed the #1 spot on the list. Maryville College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Maryville, Tennessee. It awarded 9 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Memorial University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Southeast Region list. Florida Memorial University is a small school located in Miami Gardens, Florida that handed out 3 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Accounting and Finance at Florida Memorial University
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte landed the #3 spot on the list. JWU Charlotte is located in Charlotte, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Southeast Region. Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Averett University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Southeast Region. Danville, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carson - Newman University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Southeast Region list. Carson - Newman University is a small school located in Jefferson City, Tennessee that handed out 0 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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