Accounting at Texas State University

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

Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and has a total student population of 37,812. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 178 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Texas State.

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

Texas State Accounting Degrees Available

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

Texas State Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Texas State 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 Texas State 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
	47
	124
	169
	263
	290
	383
	435
	438
	497
	562

In 2021, 59 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Texas State. This makes it the #76 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Texas State

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

Texas State Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 178 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from Texas State in 2021, 42% were men and 58% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 Texas State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	69
White	83
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Texas State Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 59 accounting students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Texas State, about 44% were men and 56% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Texas State, 63% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	37
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Texas State 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 Texas 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.