Accounting at Eastern Washington University

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at Eastern Washington University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

EWU is located in Cheney, Washington and has a total student population of 12,349. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 85 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from EWU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

EWU Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

EWU Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how EWU performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at EWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	166
	205
	226
	296
	374
	395
	410
	547
	722
	869

In 2021, 34 students received their master’s degree in accounting from EWU. This makes it the #159 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of EWU Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at EWU is $49,862. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 8% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at EWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Eastern Washington University.

EWU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 85 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from EWU, about 49% were men and 51% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at EWU since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at EWU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Eastern Washington University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	56
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

EWU Accounting Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 34 students earned a master's degree in accounting from EWU. About 68% of these graduates were women and the other 32% were men.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from EWU, 82% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Eastern Washington University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

EWU also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Accounting

Accounting majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Eastern Washington University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	119

Related Majors

• International Business
• Human Resource Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Management Information Systems
• Finance & Financial Management

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WA, the home state for Eastern Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Accountants and Auditors	32,870	$78,970
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	31,970	$45,600
Financial Managers	13,010	$136,480
Financial Analysts	6,480	$87,590
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	3,070	$50,860

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Ian Poellet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.