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Accounting at SOWELA Technical Community College

If you plan to study Accounting, you may want to check out the program at SOWELA Technical Community College. Get started with the following essential facts.

SOWELA Technical Community College sits in Lake Charles, LA.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 97 accounting degrees were awarded at SOWELA Technical Community College.

Online & Distance Learning at SOWELA Technical Community College

Online coursework is an option at SOWELA Technical Community College. Among 3,446 students, 368 (11%) were enrolled entirely in distance education and 1,407 (41%) took at least some classes online.

Accounting Rankings at SOWELA Technical Community College

Use these rankings to compare SOWELA Technical Community College’s Accounting program to other colleges that offer this major.

Associate-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Value	Louisiana	#1 of 19
Best Schools (Quality)	Louisiana	#5 of 19
Best Value	Southeast (Region)	#85 of 265
Best Schools (Quality)	Southeast (Region)	#130 of 265
Best Value	Nationwide	#318 of 1,141
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#765 of 1,145

Earnings for Accounting Graduates from SOWELA Technical Community College

Those who finish SOWELA Technical Community College’s Accounting program earn the following amounts (per the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard):

Years After Graduation	Median Earnings
2 years	$24,730
3 years	$22,899
4 years	$26,926
5 years	$31,658

How do these earnings stack up against the rest of the school? Four years after graduating, Accounting graduates from SOWELA Technical Community College take home a median $26,926, compared with $83,264 for all SOWELA Technical Community College graduates — about 68% lower than the school-wide median.

Student Demographics & Diversity

Take a look at the diversity of Accounting graduates at SOWELA Technical Community College, by degree type.

Across all degree levels, Accounting graduates at SOWELA Technical Community College are 76% women (74) and 24% men (23).

Accounting Associate’s Program at SOWELA Technical Community College

Among the 9 associate’s accounting degrees awarded at SOWELA Technical Community College, 100% were women (9) and 0% were men (0).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Accounting associate’s degree recipients at SOWELA Technical Community College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	7
Hispanic / Latino	1
Black / African American	1

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 22% of Accounting associate’s degree recipients at SOWELA Technical Community College, lower than the national average of 46%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

More Specific Accounting Concentrations at SOWELA Technical Community College

The Accounting program at SOWELA Technical Community College includes the following sub-specializations:

Concentration	Graduates
Accounting Technology/Bookkeeping	97

Best-Paid Careers for Accounting Graduates

Those who complete Accounting program at SOWELA Technical Community College work across a variety of fields. Here are the best-paid careers for Accounting majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Treasurers and Controllers	$162,461
Investment Fund Managers	$157,819
Financial Risk Specialists	$127,364
Appraisers of Personal and Business Property	$118,242
Financial Examiners	$117,139
Financial and Investment Analysts	$82,666
Budget Analysts	$80,859
Accountants and Auditors	$79,222
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	$77,212
Financial Managers	$75,665

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.