Accounting at Copiah-Lincoln Community College

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at Copiah-Lincoln Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Copiah-Lincoln Community College is located in Wesson, Mississippi and approximately 2,907 students attend the school each year.

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

Copiah-Lincoln Community College Accounting Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at Copiah-Lincoln Community College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Copiah-Lincoln Community College offers distance education options for accounting at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

Copiah-Lincoln Community College Accounting Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Accounting Student Demographics at Copiah-Lincoln Community College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Copiah-Lincoln Community College.

Copiah-Lincoln Community College Accounting Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of accounting associate's degrees went to men and 77% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in accounting at Copiah-Lincoln Community College are white. Around 58% fell into this category, which is typical for this degree. Copiah-Lincoln Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in accounting graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Copiah-Lincoln Community College with a associate's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 Copiah-Lincoln Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	17
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	9

Related Majors

• Hospitality Management
• Marketing
• Business Support & Assistant Services
• Business Administration & 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 MS, the home state for Copiah-Lincoln Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	12,230	$38,130
Accountants and Auditors	5,460	$62,850
Financial Managers	3,670	$101,840
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1,040	$39,250
Financial Analysts	530	$74,230

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.