Western Illinois University

Macomb, ILPublic HLC

AACSB business · Accounting accreditation on record

Western Illinois University's Department of Accounting and Finance offers a Bachelor of Business in Accountancy on the Macomb and Quad Cities campuses and online, and a Master of Accountancy whose current admission status is unclear on official pages.

Verified degree programs

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

Western Illinois University

Accountancy, B.B.

Bachelor'sBBDedicated degreeBachelor of Business in Accountancy

Campus · Online

Macomb, ILSchool location, not a residency requirement

Online attendance requirements not verified

Duration not verified

Tuition not verified

No upcoming verified deadline

Institution accredited: HLCBusiness school: AACSBAccounting accreditation: AACSB Accounting

Accounting · Managerial and Management Accounting

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Accreditation

Higher Learning Commission (HLC)
Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1913 · next review 08/31/2031
Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education
Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Business-school accreditation

AACSB — accreditedUnit: College of Business, Health, and Community ProgramsConfirmed in the accreditor's own directory.Source: aacsb.edu · verified October 26, 2026

Supplemental accounting accreditation

AACSB Accounting — accreditedUnit: College of Business, Health, and Community ProgramsConfirmed 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 - Finance ConcentrationFinance, not accounting.Source: wiu.edu · verified October 30, 2026

Institution

Official name: Western Illinois University
Control: Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location: 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education: 1,601 of 7,073 students (Fall 2023)
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Sources

Last verified October 27, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.

IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
DAPIP — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
wiu.edu/cbt/accounting_and_finance/accountancy-details.php — Official program page, verified October 30, 2026
wiu.edu/cbt/accounting_and_finance/graduate.php — Official program page, verified October 30, 2026

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