Accounting at Northwest Missouri State University

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if Northwest Missouri State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting program.

Northwest is located in Maryville, Missouri and has a total student population of 7,267. Of the 1,200 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northwest Missouri State University in 2021, 29 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.

Northwest Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at Northwest

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.

Northwest does offer online education options in accounting for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Northwest Accounting Rankings

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

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 Northwest 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 Value Accounting Schools	293
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	808
Most Focused Accounting Schools	1,410

Accounting Student Demographics at Northwest

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

Northwest Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 29 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Northwest in 2020-2021, 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Northwest since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Northwest 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 Northwest Missouri State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Business Support & Assistant Services
• Business/Managerial Economics
• International Business
• Human Resource 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 MO, the home state for Northwest Missouri State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	29,760	$38,340
Accountants and Auditors	25,090	$70,240
Financial Managers	7,630	$136,520
Financial Analysts	4,280	$91,800
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	2,770	$39,640

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 poster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.