Accounting at Nebraska Wesleyan University

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

NWU is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and approximately 2,095 students attend the school each year. Of the 94 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 2019, 16 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.

NWU Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

NWU Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how NWU 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 NWU 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	170
Best Accounting Schools	196
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	368
Most Focused Accounting Schools	590
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	634
Most Popular Accounting Schools	844

Accounting Student Demographics at NWU

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

NWU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 88% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 12% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at NWU since its program graduates 42% more men than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at NWU 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 Nebraska Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NWU 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 NE, the home state for Nebraska Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
Accountants and Auditors	8,170	$67,920
Business Professors	560	$87,190
Credit Analysts	550	$64,420
Financial Examiners	480	$71,790
Budget Analysts	260	$59,350

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.