Accounting at Iowa State University

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at Iowa State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and has a total student population of 31,822. Of the 1,648 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Iowa State University in 2021, 156 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.

Iowa State Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Iowa State Accounting Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Iowa State 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
	121
	251

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in accounting from Iowa State. This is the #473 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Iowa State

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

Iowa State Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Iowa State since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Iowa State 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 Iowa State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	116
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

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

Related Majors

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 Iowa State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Accountants and Auditors	9,600	$67,030
Financial Examiners	1,310	$65,410
Credit Analysts	1,140	$68,680
Business Professors	1,110	$114,450
Budget Analysts	270	$75,100

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 Jamo2008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.