Accounting at Hardin - Simmons University

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

Hardin - Simmons is located in Abilene, Texas and approximately 2,128 students attend the school each year. Of the 100 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Hardin - Simmons University in 2021, 14 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.

Hardin - Simmons Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Hardin - Simmons Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Hardin - Simmons 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 Hardin - Simmons 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
	412
	666
	866
	895
	949
	983
	1,175
	1,208
	1,401
	1,423

Accounting Student Demographics at Hardin - Simmons

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

Hardin - Simmons Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Hardin - Simmons are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Hardin - Simmons University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Hardin - Simmons 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 Hardin - Simmons University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	14

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Marketing
• Finance & Financial Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• 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 TX, the home state for Hardin - Simmons University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	131,250	$41,390
Accountants and Auditors	115,270	$80,200
Financial Managers	39,580	$149,990
Financial Analysts	26,850	$94,980
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	13,300	$44,390

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.