Accounting at Louisiana Tech University

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

Louisiana Tech is located in Ruston, Louisiana and approximately 11,126 students attend the school each year. 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
	226
	268
	308
	323
	326
	379
	429
	475
	763
	845
	921
	1,042

In 2021, 18 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Louisiana Tech. This makes it the #269 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

Of the 43 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Louisiana Tech, about 49% were men and 51% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Louisiana Tech since its program graduates 3% 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

Of the 18 students who earned a master's degree in Accounting from Louisiana Tech in 2020-2021, 39% were men and 61% were 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.

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 LA, the home state for Louisiana Tech University.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Accountants and Auditors	10,390	$66,860
Business Professors	1,240	$80,310
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	610	$51,510
Budget Analysts	380	$67,710
Credit Analysts	260	$63,690

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.