Accounting at Johnson & Wales University - Providence

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

JWU Providence is located in Providence, Rhode Island and approximately 5,676 students attend the school each year. Of the 409 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Johnson & Wales University - Providence in 2021, 36 of them were accounting majors.

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

JWU Providence Accounting Degrees Available

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

JWU Providence Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how JWU Providence 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 JWU Providence 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
	256
	284
	385
	567
	710
	780
	794

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in accounting from JWU Providence. This makes it the #413 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from JWU Providence Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at JWU Providence is $48,464. This is 5% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at JWU Providence

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Johnson & Wales University - Providence.

JWU Providence Accounting Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of accounting associate's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Johnson & Wales University - Providence with a associate's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

JWU Providence Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 36 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from JWU Providence in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at JWU Providence since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Johnson & Wales University - Providence with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	18
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

JWU Providence Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 accounting majors earned their master's degree from JWU Providence. Of these graduates, 13% were men and 88% were women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Johnson & Wales University - Providence with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentrations Within Accounting

The following accounting concentations are available at Johnson & Wales University - Providence. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Johnson & Wales University - Providence. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	37
Accounting and Business/Management	8

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• International Business
• Human Resource Management
• Marketing
• 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 RI, the home state for Johnson & Wales University - Providence.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	6,150	$44,120
Accountants and Auditors	4,420	$81,090
Financial Managers	2,580	$145,120
Financial Analysts	1,010	$80,650
Credit Analysts	740	$75,050

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.