Accounting at Georgia Southwestern State University

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

GSW is located in Americus, Georgia and has a total student population of 3,162. In 2021, 55 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from GSW.

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

GSW Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at GSW

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, GSW does offer online courses in accounting for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

GSW Accounting Rankings

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

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 GSW 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
	28
	34
	73
	102
	103
	269
	306
	347
	363
	475
	648
	918

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from GSW Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at GSW is $43,129. This is less than $46,292, which is the national average of all accounting majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Accounting Student Demographics at GSW

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

GSW Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 55 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from GSW, about 38% were men and 62% were women.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at GSW are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Georgia Southwestern State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

GSW 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 Georgia Southwestern State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	55

Related Majors

• Marketing
• Human Resource Management
• 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 Georgia Southwestern State University.

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
• Image Credit: By Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.