Accounting at Upper Iowa University

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

UIU is located in Fayette, Iowa and has a total student population of 4,392. In 2019, 82 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from UIU.

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

UIU Accounting Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UIU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UIU offers distance education options for accounting at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UIU Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how UIU 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 UIU 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
Most Popular Online Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	36
Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	46
Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	55
Most Focused Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	60
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	135
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	291

In 2019, 25 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UIU. This makes it the #230 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at UIU

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

UIU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at UIU awarded 82 bachelor's degrees in 2018-2019. About 23% of these degrees went to men with the other 77% going to women.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at UIU 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 Upper Iowa University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	65
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UIU Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 25 students graduated with a master's degree in accounting from UIU. About 36% were men and 64% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from UIU, 80% 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 Upper Iowa University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UIU 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 Upper Iowa University.

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 SheilaJMiller under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.