Accounting at University of Iowa

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

Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and approximately 31,656 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,452 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Iowa in 2019, 140 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.

Iowa Accounting Degrees Available

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

Iowa Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Iowa 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 Iowa 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 Master’s Degree Schools	55
Best Accounting Schools	87
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	94
Most Popular Accounting Schools	123
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	779

In 2019, 23 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Iowa. This makes it the #248 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Iowa

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

Iowa Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Iowa since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Iowa 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 University of Iowa with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	103
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Iowa Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 22% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 46% men graduate in accounting each year. Iowa does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 33% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Iowa, 83% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	19
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Iowa 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 University of Iowa.

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 KMSatoh202 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.