by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Accounting is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 7th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 73,172 degrees were awarded to students with this major.
Across the Southeast region, there were 16,186 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11,157 accounting 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 Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 281 colleges that offered a degree in accounting. That schools that top this list have a program in accounting in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Athens State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region list. Athens State University is a small school located in Athens, Alabama that handed out 73 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Southwestern State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region. Americus, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s accounting degrees to 55 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wofford College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 38 degrees to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University Institute of Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region list. West Virginia University Institute of Technology is a public institution located in Beckley, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 281 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Transylvania University landed the #5 spot on the list. Transylvania University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lexington, Kentucky. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Washington and Lee University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Washington and Lee University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lexington, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 46 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
With a ranking of #7, Miles College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region list. Miles College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fairfield, Alabama. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Bethany College West Virginia landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Bethany College West Virginia is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bethany, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Davis & Elkins College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #9. This small school is located in Elkins, West Virginia, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #10, University of New Orleans did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region list. UNO is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 93 bachelors’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
Flagler College - St Augustine landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Saint Augustine, Florida, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 45 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
Saint Augustine’s University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #12. SAU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Mississippi came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Mississippi is a large school located in University, Mississippi that handed out 335 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Alderson Broaddus University ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region list. Alderson Broaddus University is located in Philippi, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
North Carolina Wesleyan College came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Rocky Mount, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s accounting degrees to 27 students in 2020-2021.
Dillard University ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region list. Dillard University is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
Birmingham Southern College ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Birmingham, Alabama, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Crowley’s Ridge College came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Paragould, Arkansas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
With a ranking of #19, Ave Maria University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region list. AMU is a small school located in Ave Maria, Florida that handed out 19 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Centenary College of Louisiana ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region list. Centenary College of Louisiana is a small school located in Shreveport, Louisiana that handed out 7 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Le Moyne - Owen College came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Memphis, Tennessee, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
Belmont Abbey College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #22. Belmont Abbey College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Belmont, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Bob Jones University ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Greenville, South Carolina, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Hendrix College came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Hendrix College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Conway, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Southeastern Louisiana University came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Southeastern is a fairly large public school situated in Hammond, Louisiana. It awarded 89 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
Not only did these schools make the top 43 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
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