Accounting at University of Wisconsin - Platteville

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

UW - Platteville is located in Platteville, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 7,547. Of the 1,493 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Wisconsin - Platteville in 2021, 22 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 - Platteville Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

UW - Platteville Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at UW - Platteville 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 UW - Platteville 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 Accounting Schools	287
	400
	589
Most Popular Accounting Schools	912
Most Focused Accounting Schools	1,502

Earnings of UW - Platteville Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW - Platteville is $47,039. This is 2% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at UW - Platteville

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

UW - Platteville Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from UW - Platteville. About 59% were men and 41% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UW - Platteville since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

About 95% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at UW - Platteville 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 - Platteville with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Construction Management
• 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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Platteville.

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 James Steakley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.