Accounting at University of South Florida - Main Campus

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at University of South Florida - Main Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

USF Tampa is located in Tampa, Florida and has a total student population of 50,626. In 2021, 316 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from USF Tampa.

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

USF Tampa Accounting Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at USF Tampa

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? USF Tampa offers distance education options for accounting at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

USF Tampa Accounting Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at USF Tampa 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
	23
	124
	533

In 2021, 71 students received their master’s degree in accounting from USF Tampa. This makes it the #59 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from USF Tampa Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at USF Tampa is $47,846. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 3% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at USF Tampa

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at University of South Florida - Main Campus.

USF Tampa Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 316 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from USF Tampa, about 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at USF Tampa since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at USF Tampa are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of South Florida - Main Campus with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	31
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	44
White	177
International Students	28
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

USF Tampa Accounting Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 71 students earned a master's degree in accounting from USF Tampa. About 61% of these graduates were women and the other 39% were men.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from USF Tampa, 70% 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 University of South Florida - Main Campus with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	50
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

USF Tampa also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Accounting

Accounting majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of South Florida - Main Campus. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	387

Related Majors

• Insurance
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Hospitality Management
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• International Business

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 FL, the home state for University of South Florida - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	97,300	$40,220
Accountants and Auditors	71,940	$71,790
Financial Managers	29,050	$132,850
Financial Analysts	13,400	$78,280
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	7,520	$42,520

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 Rick DeBow under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.