Accounting at Washington University in St Louis

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

WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and has a total student population of 15,449. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from WUSTL.

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

WUSTL Accounting Degrees Available

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

WUSTL Accounting Rankings

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

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 WUSTL 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
	4
	7
	55
	300
	346
	1,019
	1,044
	1,435

In 2021, 43 students received their master’s degree in accounting from WUSTL. This makes it the #123 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at WUSTL

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

WUSTL Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from WUSTL. Of these graduates, 58% were men and 42% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at WUSTL since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at WUSTL are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	18
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

WUSTL Accounting Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 43 students earned a master's degree in accounting from WUSTL. About 86% of these graduates were women and the other 14% were men.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	37
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within Accounting

If you plan to be a accounting major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Washington University in St Louis. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	76

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Business/Managerial Economics
• 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 MO, the home state for Washington University in St Louis.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	29,760	$38,340
Accountants and Auditors	25,090	$70,240
Financial Managers	7,630	$136,520
Financial Analysts	4,280	$91,800
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	2,770	$39,640

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 Bachrach44 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.