by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Accounting and Finance is the 289th most popular major in the country with 3,781 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southeast region, there were 2,219 accounting and finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 accounting and finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,436 and $23,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in accounting and finance. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in accounting and finance.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Maryville College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Maryville, Tennessee, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Memorial University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Southeast Region list. Florida Memorial University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Miami Gardens, Florida. It awarded 5 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees in 2021-2022.
Read full report on Accounting and Finance at Florida Memorial University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Southeast Region list. JWU Charlotte is located in Charlotte, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Accounting and Finance at Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale Accounting and Finance Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Averett University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Southeast Region list. Averett University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Danville, Virginia. It awarded 0 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Accounting and Finance at Averett University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carson - Newman University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Jefferson City, Tennessee, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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