Accounting at Ottawa University - Ottawa

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

Ottawa is located in Ottawa, Kansas and approximately 797 students attend the school each year. Of the 92 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Ottawa University - Ottawa in 2021, 6 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.

Ottawa Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at Ottawa

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Ottawa does offer online courses in accounting for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Ottawa Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Ottawa 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 Ottawa 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	77
Most Focused Accounting Schools	223
	465
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	522
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	522
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	613
	660
Best Accounting Schools	784
Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	853
Most Popular Accounting Schools	1,598

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in accounting from Ottawa. This is the #523 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from Ottawa Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Ottawa is $47,803. This is 3% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Ottawa

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

Ottawa Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Ottawa since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Ottawa 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 Ottawa University - Ottawa with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Ottawa 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
• Management Information Systems
• Finance & Financial 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 KS, the home state for Ottawa University - Ottawa.

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 Ichabod under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.