Accounting at Northwest Missouri State University

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

Northwest is located in Maryville, Missouri and approximately 6,857 students attend the school each year. In 2019, 22 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Northwest.

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

Northwest Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Northwest Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Northwest compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Northwest 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	496
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	516
Best Accounting Schools	583
Most Popular Accounting Schools	704
Most Focused Accounting Schools	1,059

Accounting Student Demographics at Northwest

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

Northwest Accounting Bachelor’s Program

In the 2018-2019 academic year, 22 students earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Northwest. About 45% of these graduates were women and the other 55% were men. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Northwest since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Northwest 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 Northwest Missouri State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	18
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Northwest 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 MO, the home state for Northwest Missouri State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Accountants and Auditors	25,090	$70,240
Financial Examiners	2,370	$73,870
Credit Analysts	1,960	$75,620
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	1,830	$47,590
Business Professors	1,000	$101,240

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 poster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.