Accounting at Indiana Wesleyan University

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

IWU is located in Marion, Indiana and approximately 3,108 students attend the school each year. Of the 116 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Indiana Wesleyan University in 2021, 15 of them were accounting majors.

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

IWU Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

IWU Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how IWU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at IWU 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
	339
	433
	504
	508
	541
	643
	674
	984
	1,127
	1,237

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from IWU Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at IWU is $47,151. This is 2% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at IWU

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

IWU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from IWU, about 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at IWU since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at IWU 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 Indiana Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Concentrations Within Accounting

Accounting majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Indiana Wesleyan University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	15

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing
• Business Administration & Management

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 IN, the home state for Indiana Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	27,970	$38,300
Accountants and Auditors	20,100	$70,780
Financial Managers	7,520	$119,820
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	3,210	$40,720
Financial Analysts	3,010	$78,290

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 Manutdglory under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.