Accounting at Kentucky Wesleyan College

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if Kentucky Wesleyan College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting program.

Wesleyan is located in Owensboro, Kentucky and approximately 887 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Wesleyan.

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

Wesleyan Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Wesleyan Accounting Rankings

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

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 Wesleyan 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
	212
	365
	862
	1,108

Accounting Student Demographics at Wesleyan

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

Wesleyan Accounting Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Wesleyan. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Wesleyan since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Wesleyan 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 Kentucky Wesleyan College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Wesleyan 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 KY, the home state for Kentucky Wesleyan College.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Accountants and Auditors	11,160	$67,080
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	1,570	$48,540
Budget Analysts	930	$57,310
Credit Analysts	750	$75,160
Business Professors	630	$85,970

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 Matthewru under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.