Accounting at Friends University

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

Friends University is located in Wichita, Kansas and has a total student population of 1,671. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Friends 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.

Friends University Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Friends University Accounting Rankings

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

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 Friends 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	148
	441
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	448
Best Accounting Schools	562
Most Popular Accounting Schools	885

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from Friends University Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Friends University is $47,241. This is 2% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Friends University

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

Friends University Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 23 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Friends University, about 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Friends University since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

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

Related Majors

• International Business
• Human Resource Management
• Marketing
• Management Information Systems
• Finance & Financial 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 KS, the home state for Friends University.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	16,100	$35,880
Accountants and Auditors	12,320	$66,530
Financial Managers	3,990	$129,660
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1,640	$44,620
Financial Analysts	1,560	$77,130

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 Judy Handley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.