Accounting at Northwood University

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

Northwood is located in Midland, Michigan and has a total student population of 2,541. Of the 779 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northwood University in 2021, 110 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.

Northwood Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at Northwood

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Northwood does offer online education options in accounting for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree

Northwood Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Northwood 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 Northwood 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
	16
	18
	111
	135
	185
	280
	302

Accounting Student Demographics at Northwood

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

Northwood Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at Northwood awarded 110 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 36% of these degrees went to men with the other 64% going to women.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Northwood 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 Northwood University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	93
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Northwood 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 MI, the home state for Northwood University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Accountants and Auditors	33,610	$74,370
Business Professors	2,350	$107,140
Credit Analysts	1,310	$71,070
Budget Analysts	680	$76,980
Financial Examiners	550	$81,270

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.