Accounting at Edgewood College

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

Edgewood is located in Madison, Wisconsin and approximately 2,190 students attend the school each year. Of the 76 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Edgewood College in 2019, 10 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.

Edgewood Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at Edgewood

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Edgewood does offer online courses in accounting for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Edgewood Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Edgewood 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 Edgewood 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	42
Most Focused Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	43
Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	55
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	119
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	208
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	361
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	435
Most Focused Accounting Schools	453
Best Accounting Schools	490
Most Popular Accounting Schools	704
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	767
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	783

In 2019, 11 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Edgewood. This makes it the #361 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Edgewood

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

Edgewood Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 10 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2018-2019 from Edgewood, about 20% were men and 80% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Edgewood are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Edgewood College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Edgewood Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 11 accounting students who graduated with a master's degree in 2018-2019 from Edgewood, about 36% were men and 64% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Edgewood College with a master's in accounting.

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

Edgewood 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 WI, the home state for Edgewood College.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Accountants and Auditors	22,610	$68,410
Credit Analysts	1,820	$70,550
Financial Examiners	1,360	$76,680
Business Professors	1,210	$104,290
Budget Analysts	870	$72,380

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.