by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Accounting is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 8th of all the majors we analyze. In 2021-2022, 93,982 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In , accounting graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $48,323 and had an average of $24,511 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 22,857 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,352 and $27,292 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 10,534 accounting 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 Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 301 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in accounting. That schools that top this list have a program in accounting in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The accounting school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree accounting students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Athens State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region. Athens State University is a small public school situated in Athens, Alabama. It awarded 73 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Southwestern State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Americus, Georgia, this small public school awarded 44 degrees to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Accounting at Georgia Southwestern State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wofford College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region. Spartanburg, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s accounting degrees to 34 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University Institute of Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region list. West Virginia University Tech is a public institution located in Beckley, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full West Virginia University Institute of Technology Accounting Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Transylvania University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region list. Transylvania is a small school located in Lexington, Kentucky that handed out 11 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
With a ranking of #6, Alice Lloyd College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region list. Alice Lloyd College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Pippa Passes, Kentucky. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a ranking of #7, Washington and Lee University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Lexington, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 37 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Miles College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Miles College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fairfield, Alabama. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Bethany College West Virginia did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #9. This small school is located in Bethany, West Virginia, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
Davis & Elkins College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #10. D&E is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Elkins, West Virginia. It awarded 7 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, University of New Orleans did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region list. This medium-sized school is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and it awarded 80 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Flagler College - St Augustine landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Flagler St. Augustine is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Augustine, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
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%.
With a ranking of #13, Saint Augustine’s University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2021-2022.
University of Mississippi ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Mississippi is a public institution located in University, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 262 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Alderson Broaddus University came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Alderson Broaddus University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Philippi, West Virginia. It awarded 3 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
North Carolina Wesleyan College came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region ranking. North Carolina Wesleyan College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% 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 more about Accounting at North Carolina Wesleyan College
With a ranking of #17, Dillard University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region list. Dillard University is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Birmingham Southern College came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region ranking. BSC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Birmingham, Alabama. It awarded 9 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Crowley’s Ridge College landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Paragould, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s accounting degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
With a ranking of #20, Ave Maria University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region list. AMU is a small school located in Ave Maria, Florida that handed out 14 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Florida Memorial University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #21. Florida Memorial University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Miami Gardens, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Centenary College of Louisiana did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #22. Located in Shreveport, Louisiana, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
With a ranking of #23, Le Moyne - Owen College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region list. Le Moyne - Owen College is located in Memphis, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #24, Belmont Abbey College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region list. BAC is located in Belmont, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
Florida Institute of Technology - Online landed the #25 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Melbourne, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s accounting degrees to 12 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Florida Institute of Technology - Online Accounting Report
Not only did these schools make the top 46 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
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