Accounting at Simpson College

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

Simpson College is located in Indianola, Iowa and has a total student population of 1,267. Of the 110 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Simpson College in 2021, 29 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.

Simpson College Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Simpson College Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Simpson College 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 Simpson College 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
	1
	11
	18
	20
	22
	37
	43
	100
	119
	152
	205
	428
	484
	525
	534

Accounting Student Demographics at Simpson College

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

Simpson College Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from Simpson College. Of these graduates, 52% were men and 48% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Simpson College since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Simpson College 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 Simpson College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	25
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Simpson College 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 Simpson College.

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 GrandpaDave under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.