Accounting at Tennessee Wesleyan University

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

TWU is located in Athens, Tennessee and approximately 1,116 students attend the school each year. Of the 315 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Tennessee Wesleyan University in 2021, 9 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.

TWU Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

TWU Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at TWU 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 TWU 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 Master’s Degree Schools	345
	359
Most Focused Accounting Schools	367
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	393
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	434
Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	572
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	608
	657
Best Value Accounting Schools	979
Most Popular Accounting Schools	1,127

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in accounting from TWU. This makes it the #435 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at TWU

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

TWU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at TWU 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 Tennessee Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

TWU Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 6 students who earned a master's degree in Accounting from TWU in 2020-2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from TWU, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• 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 TN, the home state for Tennessee Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	30,480	$40,380
Accountants and Auditors	19,760	$69,690
Financial Managers	15,870	$111,460
Financial Analysts	4,510	$74,870
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	2,650	$44,650

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 Brian Stansberry under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.