Accounting at Furman University

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

Furman is located in Greenville, South Carolina and has a total student population of 2,567. In 2021, 17 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Furman.

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

Furman Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Furman Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Furman 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 Furman 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
	2
	14
	28
	46
	55
	99
	116
	194
	257
	552
	584
	678
	693
	722
	727

Accounting Student Demographics at Furman

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

Furman Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at Furman awarded 17 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 29% of these degrees went to men with the other 71% going to women.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Furman 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 Furman University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Furman 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 SC, the home state for Furman University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Accountants and Auditors	14,890	$64,750
Business Professors	1,140	$99,630
Credit Analysts	970	$67,070
Financial Examiners	560	$65,720
Budget Analysts	290	$70,090

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 Greengrass090 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.