Accounting at Louisiana Tech University

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

Louisiana Tech is located in Ruston, Louisiana and has a total student population of 11,126. Of the 290 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Louisiana Tech University in 2021, 43 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.

Louisiana Tech Accounting Degrees Available

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

Louisiana Tech Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Louisiana Tech 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 Louisiana Tech 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
	196
	261
	281
	332
	335
	400
	429
	468
	562
	665
	745
	800
	888
	1,066
	1,273

In 2021, 18 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Louisiana Tech. This makes it the #282 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Louisiana Tech Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Louisiana Tech is $36,566. 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 Louisiana Tech

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

Louisiana Tech Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 49% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 51% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Louisiana Tech since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Louisiana Tech 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 Louisiana Tech University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	29
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Louisiana Tech Accounting Master’s Program

The accounting program at Louisiana Tech awarded 18 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 39% of these degrees went to men with the other 61% going to women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Louisiana Tech, 83% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Louisiana Tech also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Accounting

Accounting majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Louisiana Tech University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	61

Related Majors

• Business/Managerial Economics
• Finance & Financial Management
• Management Information Systems
• 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 LA, the home state for Louisiana Tech University.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	20,140	$37,180
Accountants and Auditors	10,390	$66,860
Financial Managers	5,280	$106,950
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	2,460	$39,250
Tax Preparers	1,430	$39,590

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.