Accounting at University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if University of Wisconsin - La Crosse is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting program.

UW - La Crosse is located in La Crosse, Wisconsin and approximately 10,531 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,199 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Wisconsin - La Crosse in 2021, 74 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.

UW - La Crosse Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

UW - La Crosse Accounting Rankings

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

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 UW - La Crosse 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	60
Best Value Accounting Schools	248
	313
Most Focused Accounting Schools	805

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from UW - La Crosse Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW - La Crosse is $54,028. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 17% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at UW - La Crosse

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

UW - La Crosse Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at UW - La Crosse awarded 74 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 72% of these degrees went to men with the other 28% going to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UW - La Crosse since its program graduates 30% more men than average.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at UW - La Crosse 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 University of Wisconsin - La Crosse with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	67
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• International Business
• Management Information Systems
• Business Administration & Management
• Marketing
• Finance & Financial 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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - La Crosse.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	37,260	$37,910
Accountants and Auditors	22,610	$68,410
Financial Managers	7,420	$134,850
Financial Analysts	4,190	$81,000
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	2,410	$44,590

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 Lacrossewi under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.