Accounting at Georgia State University

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

Georgia State is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 36,360 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 171 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Georgia State.

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

Georgia State Accounting Degrees Available

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

Georgia State Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Georgia State 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 Georgia State 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
	9
	47
	192
	249
	322
	358
	423

In 2021, 83 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Georgia State. This makes it the #48 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in accounting, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Accounting Student Demographics at Georgia State

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

Georgia State Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at Georgia State awarded 171 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 44% of these degrees went to men with the other 56% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	54
Black or African American	44
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	37
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Georgia State Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 83 students graduated with a master's degree in accounting from Georgia State. About 33% were men and 67% were women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 64% of degree recipients. That is 31% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	23
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Georgia State also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 2 students 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 GA, the home state for Georgia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Accountants and Auditors	37,200	$75,930
Credit Analysts	2,320	$70,040
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	2,020	$50,490
Business Professors	1,930	$94,670
Budget Analysts	1,730	$70,050

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 Jayingram11 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.