SOA Fact Sheet 2024-2025

SOA FACT SHEET 2024-2025

We are the largest School of Accountancy in Georgia

1,004 Undergraduate students 35 MAcc students 9 PhD students

About Our Graduates:

230+ students graduate per year

45%+ obtain credit for internships and co-ops

75%+ indicate positive career outcomes

804 hours of academic credit earned for internships

Universities worldwide recognized as an Institute of Internal Auditors Center of EXCELLENCE 1 of 13 KSU awards more than 90 IAEP certificates each year

The IAEP Program provides students a strong foundation to launch their careers in the internal audit/advisory profession with ten specialized courses (five undergraduate and five graduate) and prepares them for the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examination. • CPA and MAcc in two semesters. • Students take all four parts of the CPA exam as part of course work. • Median overall and accounting GPA of incoming cohort is 3.81. • 69% are KSU undergrad students. • 100% job placement.

2 in 2 MAcc Program

This program is a response to the Atlanta accounting community’s need for graduates to be proficient in Microsoft Excel. 91% of accounting students become Excel Certified. SOA implemented Microsoft Excel Certification for all undergraduates

Beta Alpha Psi International has ranked KSU a Superior Chapter for 6 years running.

DIVERSITY is important to KSU, Coles College, and the School of Accountancy Underrepresented minorities make up:

Issues In Higher Education ranks the top 100 universities that confer the most degrees to minorities. KSU ranks 29th overall in bachelor’s degrees in accounting.

53% Coles College student body

29% MAcc student body

57% KSU student body

57% BBA Accounting students

SOA FACT SHEET 2024-2025 The 20 largest, publicly held companies, measured by total revenue headquartered in Georgia collaborate in a forum for discussions pertaining to financial reporting. The Financial Reporting Roundtable was founded in 2007.

BYU Accounting Research Rankings KSU RANKS HIGHER than these universities: • Georgia State University • Georgia Institute of Technology • University of South Florida KSU Financial Reporting Roundtable (FRR)

KSU is ranked 62nd in the world for the number of Accounting Research Articles published in leading journals during the past 12 years.

It also ranks

47th

19th

in Audit Research

in Tax Research

BYU ranks KSU 4th in the world for the number of Accounting Education Research articles published in leading journals during the last 12 years. BYU ranks KSU 48th in the world in Relevance of Accounting Research (ROAR) to accounting professionals in the last eight years.

• Auburn University • NC State University • Wake Forest University and many more

Our Ph.D. in Accounting program is ranked 110th in the world.

THANK YOU to our 2024-2025 Partners!

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