Skip to content
AccountingDegrees

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IAPublic HLC

AACSB business · Accounting accreditation on record

The Department of Accounting in the University of Iowa's Tippie College of Business offers a BBA with a major in accounting, a Master of Accountancy, and an accounting subprogram of the PhD in business administration.

Verified degree programs

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

University of Iowa

BBA in Accounting — Accounting Concentration

Bachelor'sBBAConcentrationBachelor of Business Administration
Format: Campus
Location: Iowa City, IA
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Duration not verified · 120 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLCBusiness school: AACSBAccounting accreditation: AACSB Accounting
Subjects: Accounting
View program

University of Iowa

Master of Accountancy, MAc

Master'sMAcDedicated degreeOpen entryMaster of Accountancy
Format: Campus
Location: Iowa City, IA
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: 12 months for students entering with an undergraduate degree in accounting; typically three semesters (Iowa corporate accounting subprogram) or four semesters (non-accounting degree) (depends on undergraduate background) · 30 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLCBusiness school: AACSBAccounting accreditation: AACSB Accounting
Subjects: Accounting · Taxation · Auditing and Assurance · Accounting Analytics · Managerial and Management Accounting
View program

University of Iowa

PhD in Accounting — Accounting Concentration

Research doctoratePhDConcentrationDoctor of Philosophy in Business Administration
Format: Campus
Location: Iowa City, IA
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: A typical student spends five years in residence; possible to graduate in four depending on prior coursework
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLCBusiness school: AACSBAccounting accreditation: AACSB Accounting
Subjects: Accounting
View program

Accreditation

  • Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1913 · next review 08/31/2029

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

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

Business-school accreditation

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

Supplemental accounting accreditation

  • AACSB Accounting — accreditedUnit: Tippie 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.

Institution

Official name
University of Iowa
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
101 Jessup Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242-1316
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
3,062 of 30,042 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.registrar.uiowa.edu/tippie-business/accounting/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 30, 2026
  2. grad.admissions.uiowa.edu/academics/accounting-mac — Official admissions page, verified October 30, 2026
  3. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  4. IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  5. DAPIP — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026

Request a correction · Claim this profile