Memphis, TN (population: 662,989) has four forensic accounting schools within its city limits. Rhodes College, the highest ranked school in the city with a forensic accounting program, has a total student population of 1,673. It is the 123rd highest ranked school in the USA and the 2nd highest in the state of Tennessee (#1 is Vanderbilt University). To learn more about forensic accounting programs in Memphis, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of forensic accounting professors at Rhodes College such as Pamela Church.
Forensic Accounting students from Memphis schools who go on to become forensic accountants, forensics specialists, crime scene forensics specialists, computer forensics specialists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 1,106,980 people working as accountants and auditors alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $67,430. Also, Bill and account collectors make on average $32,560 per year and there are about 403,100 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Memphis-MS-AR area alone, there are 1,810 employed bill and account collectors earning an average salary of $29,980. Accountants and auditors in this area earn $61,520/yr and there are 3,350 employed.
Memphis lies in Shelby county, which is one of the 26 counties in Tennessee. Overall, the Memphis-MS-AR area has 605,630 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.2% unemployment rate, $18.93/hr average worker wage, and a $39,380 average annual salary. Thus, about 5.538 out of every 1000 jobs in Memphis are held by accountants and auditors, and 2.982/1000 are held by bill and account collectors.
Of the 4 forensic accounting schools in Memphis, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, DeVry University-Tennessee comes out as the most expensive ($26,482/yr) for forensic accounting students, with Southwest Tennessee Community College as the lowest, reported at only $4,338/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Memphis |
| Southaven | MS | 47,625 | 1 | 27.9087 | 11 | 9.7 miles |
| Bartlett | TN | 47,744 | 0 | - | 0 | 12.3 miles |
| Senatobia | MS | - | 1 | 17.4796 | 114 | 34.1 miles |
| Jonesboro | AR | 66,734 | 1 | 24.4204 | 8 | 62.3 miles |
| State University | AR | - | 1 | 57.8251 | 135 | 63.1 miles |