Accounting at Dakota Wesleyan University

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

Dakota Wesleyan University is located in Mitchell, South Dakota and has a total student population of 933. In 2021, 8 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Dakota Wesleyan University.

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

Dakota Wesleyan University Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Dakota Wesleyan University Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Dakota Wesleyan University performed in these rankings.

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 Dakota Wesleyan University 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 Focused Accounting Schools	539
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	748
Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	821
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	847
Best Accounting Schools	958
Best Value Accounting Schools	1,296
	1,320
Most Popular Accounting Schools	1,478

Accounting Student Demographics at Dakota Wesleyan University

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

Dakota Wesleyan University Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from Dakota Wesleyan University. Of these graduates, 88% were men and 13% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Dakota Wesleyan University since its program graduates 46% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Dakota Wesleyan University also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Finance & Financial Management
• Other Business, Management & Marketing
• Business Administration & Management

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 SD, the home state for Dakota Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	9,670	$33,970
Accountants and Auditors	4,480	$65,800
Financial Managers	680	$132,030
Financial Analysts	450	$73,870
Credit Analysts	380	$62,210

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 Jake DeGroot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.