Accounting at Buena Vista University

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what Buena Vista University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

BVU is located in Storm Lake, Iowa and approximately 1,863 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 23 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from BVU.

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

BVU Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

BVU Accounting Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at BVU 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
	166
	362
	424
	449
	520
	592
	695
	851
	885
	1,167

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from BVU Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at BVU is $44,901. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting students.

Accounting Student Demographics at BVU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Buena Vista University.

BVU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at BVU awarded 23 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 22% of these degrees went to men with the other 78% going to women.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at BVU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Buena Vista University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Concentrations Within Accounting

If you plan to be a accounting major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Buena Vista University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	23

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Human Resource Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing
• General Business/Commerce

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 IA, the home state for Buena Vista University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	19,780	$38,900
Accountants and Auditors	9,600	$67,030
Financial Managers	8,630	$114,620
Financial Analysts	2,410	$83,230
Financial Examiners	1,310	$65,410

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 Ryan Harder under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.