by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Louisiana” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Louisiana, there were 796 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 692 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,566 and $28,067 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Louisiana” ranking, we looked at 21 colleges that offer 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 Louisiana”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Orleans. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Louisiana list. University of New Orleans 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.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dillard University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Louisiana list. This small school is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Centenary College of Louisiana. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Louisiana. Centenary Louisiana is a private not-for-profit institution located in Shreveport, Louisiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeastern Louisiana University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Louisiana. Southeastern Louisiana University is a fairly large public school situated in Hammond, Louisiana. It awarded 89 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend McNeese State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Louisiana. McNeese State University is a medium-sized school located in Lake Charles, Louisiana that handed out 47 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
Grambling State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Louisiana ranking. GSU is located in Grambling, Louisiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 bachelors’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
Nicholls State University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Louisiana ranking. Nicholls State University is located in Thibodaux, Louisiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 46 bachelors’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
Louisiana State University - Alexandria landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Louisiana ranking. Louisiana State University - Alexandria is a small public school situated in Alexandria, Louisiana. It awarded 16 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
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Southern University and A & M College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Louisiana ranking, coming in at #9. Southern University and A & M College is a public institution located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Louisiana Tech University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Louisiana ranking, coming in at #10. Louisiana Tech is a fairly large public school situated in Ruston, Louisiana. It awarded 43 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
Northwestern State University of Louisiana ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Louisiana list. NSU is a fairly large school located in Natchitoches, Louisiana that handed out 41 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
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Louisiana College landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Louisiana ranking. Louisiana College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Pineville, Louisiana. It awarded 5 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Louisiana ranking. University of Louisiana at Lafayette is located in Lafayette, Louisiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 65 bachelors’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
Herzing University - Kenner landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Louisiana ranking. Kenner, Louisiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s accounting degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Louisiana ranking, coming in at #15. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 108 bachelors’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
With a ranking of #16, Xavier University of Louisiana did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Louisiana list. This small school is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #17, Loyola University New Orleans did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Louisiana list. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s accounting 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%.
Read full report on Accounting at Loyola University New Orleans
University of Louisiana at Monroe did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Louisiana ranking, coming in at #18. Monroe, Louisiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s accounting degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #19, Louisiana State University - Shreveport did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Louisiana list. Louisiana State University - Shreveport is a public institution located in Shreveport, Louisiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Louisiana State University - Shreveport Accounting Report
With a ranking of #20, University of Holy Cross did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Louisiana list. University of Holy Cross is a small school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 1 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
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.
Tulane University of Louisiana did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Louisiana ranking, coming in at #21. Tulane is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. 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%.
Read more about Accounting at Tulane University of Louisiana
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