Accounting at Central College

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

Central is located in Pella, Iowa and approximately 1,117 students attend the school each year. In 2019, 10 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Central.

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

Central Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Central Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Central 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 Central 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
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	172
Best Accounting Schools	198
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	272
Most Focused Accounting Schools	450
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	783
Most Popular Accounting Schools	1,031

Accounting Student Demographics at Central

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

Central Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 10 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from Central. Of these graduates, 80% were men and 20% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Central since its program graduates 34% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Central 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 Central College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Central also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2019, 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 Central 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 Central College Alumni under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.