Which Indiana accounting program has the lowest debt?

Notre Dame reports the lowest median federal debt, $19,000, with first-year pay of $76,878.

How much do accounting graduates earn in Indiana?

The median across 18 Indiana accounting bachelor's programs is $56,565 in the first year after graduating and $67,956 five years after.

How many accounting bachelor's programs are in Indiana?

18 Indiana programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 17 of them also report federal debt.

Accounting (Bachelor's) Programs in Indiana, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

18 programs report first-year pay
17 also report federal debt
Bachelor's in Accounting and Related Services

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Indiana accounting bachelor's program pays its graduates $56,565 in their first year, $2,506 more than the national median. Notre Dame reports the highest first-year pay ($76,878), and Notre Dame the lowest median debt ($19,000).

Median first-year pay$56,565National $54,059

Median pay after 5 years$67,956National $71,308

Median federal debt$24,267National $24,958

Debt-to-earnings45%National 45%

All 18 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	School	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	Notre DameNotre Dame · private nonprofit	$76,878	$109,595	$19,000	25%
2	Saint Mary's CollegeNotre Dame · private nonprofit	$71,234	Not reported	$27,000	38%
3	PurdueWest Lafayette · public	$63,021	$88,315	$19,500	31%
4	Indiana Institute of TechnologyFort Wayne · private nonprofit	$62,287	$56,213	$29,048	47%
5	Taylor UniversityUpland · private nonprofit	$61,164	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
6	Marian University (Indiana)Indianapolis · private nonprofit	$59,783	Not reported	$27,500	46%
7	Valparaiso UniversityValparaiso · private nonprofit	$57,766	Not reported	$27,000	47%
8	Manchester UniversityNorth Manchester · private nonprofit	$57,456	$73,011	$27,000	47%
9	Indiana Wesleyan University-MarionMarion · private nonprofit	$57,029	$66,196	$38,935	68%
10	Ball StateMuncie · public	$56,101	$73,013	$24,000	43%
11	Grace College and Theological SeminaryWinona Lake · private nonprofit	$55,997	$68,991	$19,500	35%
12	University of EvansvilleEvansville · private nonprofit	$55,891	Not reported	$22,340	40%
13	University of IndianapolisIndianapolis · private nonprofit	$55,819	Not reported	$24,234	43%
14	Purdue GlobalWest Lafayette · public	$51,355	$54,668	$52,635	102%
15	Indiana StateTerre Haute · public	$50,935	$64,915	$24,300	48%
16	Purdue NorthwestHammond · public	$49,993	$68,859	$25,099	50%
17	University of Southern IndianaEvansville · public	$49,170	$67,053	$21,096	43%
18	Trine UniversityAngola · private nonprofit	$45,913	$65,463	$20,683	45%

Taylor University reports pay but not debt, so it is ranked only by pay. One more program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Debt and first-year pay at every Indiana accounting program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Indiana medians.

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 17 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

Careers this field leads to

These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to accounting, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.

Accountants and Auditors

$77,720

Median pay in Indiana. 25,660 people work in this job in Indiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 115,300 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $50,950Top 10%: $125,880

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

$47,820

Median pay in Indiana. 29,910 people work in this job in Indiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 144,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: some college, no degree.

Bottom 10%: $33,010Top 10%: $66,960

Financial Managers

$135,840

Median pay in Indiana. 12,560 people work in this job in Indiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 10% from 2025 to 2035, with about 65,600 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.

Bottom 10%: $80,610Top 10%: $234,710

Financial and Investment Analysts

$81,760

Median pay in Indiana. 3,680 people work in this job in Indiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 24,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $55,550Top 10%: $127,550

Common questions

Notre Dame in Notre Dame reports the highest median first-year pay, $76,878. Its median federal debt is $19,000.

Accounting (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked636 programs by pay and debt

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Indiana rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Medians are across the accounting bachelor's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024