Accounting at Charleston Southern University

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if Charleston Southern University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting program.

CSU is located in Charleston, South Carolina and approximately 3,350 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from CSU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

CSU Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

CSU Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how CSU performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at CSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	12
	436
	443
	733
	799
	811
	943
	1,023

In 2021, 1 student received their master’s degree in accounting from CSU. This is the #502 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at CSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Charleston Southern University.

CSU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at CSU awarded 20 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 55% of these degrees went to men with the other 45% going to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at CSU since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Charleston Southern University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

CSU Accounting Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 student earned a master's degree in accounting from CSU.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Charleston Southern University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

CSU also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Accounting

If you plan to be a accounting major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Charleston Southern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	21

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Hospitality Management
• General Business/Commerce
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Finance & Financial Management

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for SC, the home state for Charleston Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	19,400	$36,860
Accountants and Auditors	14,890	$64,750
Financial Managers	5,190	$125,710
Financial Analysts	1,880	$80,690
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1,700	$41,370

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By CharlestonSouthern under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.