Accounting at Dalton State College

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what Dalton State College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

DSC is located in Dalton, Georgia and has a total student population of 4,794. In 2021, 28 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from DSC.

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

DSC Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

DSC Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at DSC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at DSC 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
	102
	213
	347
	453
	524
	656
	775
	803
	934
	1,040

Earnings of DSC Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at DSC is $42,283. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting students.

Accounting Student Demographics at DSC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Dalton State College.

DSC Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at DSC since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

DSC 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 Dalton State College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	28

Related Majors

• Finance & Financial Management
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing
• 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 GA, the home state for Dalton State College.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Accountants and Auditors	37,200	$75,930
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	37,130	$40,330
Financial Managers	17,840	$145,920
Financial Analysts	7,400	$84,350
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	3,850	$46,250

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.