Bachelor of Business Administration Accounting

Gain valuable accounting knowledge and professional accounting experience while pursuing your degree through our broad accounting curriculum, internship program, and involvement in both internal and external accounting organizations. Accounting faculty are involved in all aspects of the accounting program, from the hands-on classroom learning experience to helping students secure an internship and ultimately landing their first job. The personalized mentoring, dedicated advising, and focus on skill-based competencies is a hallmark of the accounting major, which will prepare you for careers within the accounting field and beyond.

• In addition to years of teaching experience, the accounting faculty have significant real-world experience that provides a unique learning experience for students.
• Tremendous internship opportunities:
• All of our graduates complete an internship experience.
• Most internships are paid internships with competitive wages.
• 94% job placement rate for UD accounting majors (hold a job in their field within six months after graduation)
• Options for meeting the 150 credit hour requirement for CPA certification:
• Adding a corresponding second and possibly third major to the accounting major. Most students can accomplish this in four to four and half years.
• Completing a Master in Management degree after graduation.
• Working with an accounting faculty member to create a four-year roadmap personalized to the student’s interests and goals.
• The UD Accounting Club is an active organization that provides:
• Networking and informational opportunities for students.
• Automatic membership in the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA).
• Automatic membership in the Iowa Society of CPAs (ISCPA).

Career Opportunities

An Accounting major will prepare you for a variety of stimulating careers including but not limited to:

Accountant, Accounting Clerk, Auditor, Banking, Bookkeeping, Business Consultant, Business Entrepreneur, Controller, Cost Estimator, Environmental Accountant, Financial Analyst, Forensic Accountant, Loan Administrator, Management Accountant, Personal Financial Advisor, and Tax Specialist.

UD Accounting majors have found great accounting opportunities (both internship and full-time) with varied local, regional, and national firms including but not limited to:

A.Y. McDonald Manufacturing Co.; American Family Insurance; BGHN Associates, PC; Crescent Electric Supply Company; Deloitte; Eide Bailly LLP; Ernst & Young; Gosling & Company, PC; Heartland Financial USA; Honkamp Krueger & Co., PC; KPMG International Tax; O’Connor, Brooks & Co., PC; Principal Financial Group; RSM; TransAmerica.