Accounting at Eastern Washington University

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what Eastern Washington University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

EWU is located in Cheney, Washington and approximately 12,349 students attend the school each year. 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
	152
	160
	197
	283
	338
	354
	363
	385
	411
	606
	642

In 2021, 34 students received their master’s degree in accounting from EWU. This makes it the #153 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

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 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from EWU in 2021, 49% were men and 51% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at EWU since its program graduates 3% 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

The accounting program at EWU awarded 34 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 32% of these degrees went to men with the other 68% going to women.

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.

Related Majors

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
Business Professors	1,350	$90,100
Credit Analysts	1,310	$76,500
Budget Analysts	1,040	$76,210
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	1,000	$65,170

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.