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AccountingDegrees

Iowa State University

Ames, IAPublic HLC

AACSB business · Accounting accreditation on record

The Department of Accounting in Iowa State University's Ivy College of Business offers a B.S. in Accounting, an in-person Master of Accounting and an online Master of Accounting Analytics.

Verified degree programs

3 programs verified so far (1 bachelor's, 2 master's). The school may offer more programs than we have verified; certificates are not listed as degrees.

Iowa State University

Accounting, B.S.

Bachelor'sBSDedicated degreeFirst-year entryBachelor of Science
Format: Campus
Location: Ames, IA
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Duration not verified · 122 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLCBusiness school: AACSBAccounting accreditation: AACSB Accounting
Subjects: Accounting
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Iowa State University

Master of Accounting

Master'sMAccDedicated degreeAccounting graduates
Format: Campus
Location: Ames, IA
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: 2 semesters · 30 credits
Tuition: $2,604 per course · In-state — Iowa residents
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLCBusiness school: AACSBAccounting accreditation: AACSB Accounting
Subjects: Accounting · Taxation · Accounting Information Systems · Managerial and Management Accounting
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Format: Online · Asynchronous
Location: Ames, IASchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLCBusiness school: AACSBAccounting accreditation: AACSB Accounting
Subjects: Accounting Analytics · Accounting
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Accreditation

  • Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1916 · next review 08/31/2036

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

    Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Business-school accreditation

  • AACSB — accreditedUnit: College of BusinessConfirmed in the accreditor's own directory.Source: aacsb.edu · verified October 26, 2026

Supplemental accounting accreditation

  • AACSB Accounting — accreditedUnit: College of BusinessConfirmed in the accreditor's own directory.Source: aacsb.edu · verified October 26, 2026

Institutional, business-school and accounting accreditation are three different things, and one never implies another. Each record names its unit and scope as the source gives it.

Online student services

Services the university publishes for online students. Availability can depend on program and enrollment status.

Online student services: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Offerings we reviewed but do not list

This directory lists associate, bachelor's, master's and PhD programs in its subjects. These offerings were checked against official pages and fall outside that scope (certificates, associate degrees, electives-only degrees…).
  • MBA with a specialization in Accounting or Accounting Analytics (Master of Business Administration)The catalog names an accounting specialization within the 48-credit MBA but the fetched pages do not list its own required courses; not recorded as a program.Source: catalog.iastate.edu · verified October 30, 2026

Institution

Official name
Iowa State University
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
1750 Beardshear Hall, Ames, IA 50011-2103
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
983 of 30,177 students (Fall 2023)
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Sources

Last verified October 26, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.
  1. catalog.iastate.edu/collegeofbusiness/accounting/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 30, 2026
  2. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  3. IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  4. DAPIP — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  5. ivybusiness.iastate.edu/academics/graduate-programs/master-of-accounting/ — Official program page, verified October 30, 2026

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