Accounting at Tarleton State University

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

Tarleton is located in Stephenville, Texas and approximately 14,016 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 91 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Tarleton.

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

Tarleton Accounting Degrees Available

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

Tarleton Accounting Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Tarleton 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
	145
	205
	212
	268
	334
	349
	362
	380
	435
	561
	637
	811

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

Accounting Student Demographics at Tarleton

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

Tarleton Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 91 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Tarleton in 2020-2021, 37% were men and 63% were women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Tarleton are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Tarleton State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	57
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Tarleton Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Tarleton, 61% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Tarleton 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 TX, the home state for Tarleton State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Accountants and Auditors	115,270	$80,200
Credit Analysts	7,700	$81,540
Business Professors	6,060	$110,450
Budget Analysts	4,370	$77,900
Financial Examiners	4,210	$84,350

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.