Accounting at Ohio Wesleyan University

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

OWU is located in Delaware, Ohio and approximately 1,426 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from OWU.

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

OWU Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

OWU Accounting Rankings

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

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 OWU 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	91
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	566
Best Accounting Schools	616
Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	936
Most Popular Accounting Schools	996
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Accounting Student Demographics at OWU

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

OWU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from OWU. About 32% of these graduates were women and the other 68% were men. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at OWU since its program graduates 27% more men than average.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at OWU 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 Ohio Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Business/Managerial Economics
• International Business
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• 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 OH, the home state for Ohio Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	54,850	$39,830
Accountants and Auditors	45,670	$72,370
Financial Managers	19,980	$135,610
Financial Analysts	9,260	$80,060
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	5,680	$43,980

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 Phillip M Kukelhan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.