Accounting at Oglethorpe University

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if Oglethorpe University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting program.

Oglethorpe is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 1,452 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 9 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Oglethorpe.

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

Oglethorpe Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Oglethorpe Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Oglethorpe compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Oglethorpe 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
	254
	297
	340
	470
	488
	552
	764
	825
	985
	1,068

Accounting Student Demographics at Oglethorpe

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

Oglethorpe Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from Oglethorpe. Of these graduates, 78% were men and 22% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Oglethorpe since its program graduates 32% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% 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 Oglethorpe University with a bachelor's in accounting.

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

Oglethorpe 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 GA, the home state for Oglethorpe 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 Boston Public Library under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.