Accounting at Jacksonville State University

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

Jacksonville State University is located in Jacksonville, Alabama and approximately 9,238 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 49 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Jacksonville State University.

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

Jacksonville State University Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Jacksonville State University Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Jacksonville State University 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 Jacksonville State University 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
	289
	449
	520
	594
	816
	853
	937
	1,076
	1,128
	1,158

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from Jacksonville State University Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Jacksonville State University is $40,177. 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 Jacksonville State University

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

Jacksonville State University Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 49 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from Jacksonville State University in 2021, 37% were men and 63% were women.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Jacksonville State University 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 Jacksonville State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	41
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	49

Related Majors

• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing
• 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 AL, the home state for Jacksonville State University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	21,260	$37,250
Accountants and Auditors	15,720	$70,310
Financial Managers	4,910	$128,690
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1,870	$40,700
Financial Analysts	1,330	$88,350

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 Thomson200 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.