Accounting at University of Washington - Tacoma Campus

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

UW Tacoma is located in Tacoma, Washington and has a total student population of 5,364. Of the 327 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Washington - Tacoma Campus in 2021, 96 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.

UW Tacoma Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

UW Tacoma Accounting Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at UW Tacoma 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
	56
	67
	94
	132
	144
	176
	195
	212
	379
	620

Accounting Student Demographics at UW Tacoma

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

UW Tacoma Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 96 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from UW Tacoma in 2020-2021, 43% were men and 57% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 - Tacoma Campus with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	27
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	34
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

UW Tacoma 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 University of Washington - Tacoma Campus.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.