Accounting at Kentucky Wesleyan College

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

Wesleyan is located in Owensboro, Kentucky and has a total student population of 887. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Wesleyan.

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

Wesleyan Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Wesleyan Accounting Rankings

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

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 Wesleyan 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	240
Most Focused Accounting Schools	569
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	907
Most Popular Accounting Schools	1,598

Accounting Student Demographics at Wesleyan

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

Wesleyan Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from Wesleyan. About 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Wesleyan since its program graduates 25% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Wesleyan 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 Kentucky Wesleyan College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• General Business/Commerce

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 KY, the home state for Kentucky Wesleyan College.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	19,450	$37,950
Accountants and Auditors	11,160	$67,080
Financial Managers	6,190	$114,420
Financial Analysts	1,710	$69,830
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1,620	$41,290

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 Matthewru under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.