Accounting at Florida Southern College

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

Florida Southern is located in Lakeland, Florida and has a total student population of 3,413. Of the 232 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Florida Southern College in 2021, 37 of them were accounting majors.

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

Florida Southern Accounting Degrees Available

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

Florida Southern Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Florida Southern 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 Florida Southern 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
	132
	134
	150
	223
	303
	328
	337
	363
	377
	538
	602
	663
	756
	812
	877

In 2021, 13 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Florida Southern. This makes it the #329 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Florida Southern

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

Florida Southern Accounting Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 students earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Florida Southern. About 70% of these graduates were women and the other 30% were men.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Florida Southern are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	27
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Florida Southern Accounting Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students earned a master's degree in accounting from Florida Southern. About 31% of these graduates were women and the other 69% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 46% men graduate in accounting each year. Florida Southern does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 23% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Florida Southern, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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 FL, the home state for Florida Southern College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Accountants and Auditors	71,940	$71,790
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	3,670	$47,300
Budget Analysts	3,200	$73,270
Business Professors	3,190	$94,370
Credit Analysts	2,890	$81,410

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 Ebyabe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.