Accounting at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

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

UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and has a total student population of 48,149. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 133 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from UW Seattle.

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

UW Seattle Accounting Degrees Available

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

UW Seattle Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at UW Seattle compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at UW Seattle 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
	22
	29
	86
	88
	125
	439
	442
	770
	972

In 2021, 56 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UW Seattle. This makes it the #88 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UW Seattle Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW Seattle is $52,825. This is 14% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at UW Seattle

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

UW Seattle Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 133 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from UW Seattle. Of these graduates, 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 UW Seattle since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 University of Washington - Seattle Campus with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	41
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	54
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UW Seattle Accounting Master’s Program

The accounting program at UW Seattle awarded 56 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 45% of these degrees went to men with the other 55% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. UW Seattle does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from UW Seattle, 54% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	30
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UW Seattle 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 University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Washington - Seattle Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	133
Auditing	56

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Taxation
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Marketing

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 University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.