Accounting at Western Connecticut State University

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at Western Connecticut State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WestConn is located in Danbury, Connecticut and approximately 5,246 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 64 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from WestConn.

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

WestConn Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

WestConn Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how WestConn 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 WestConn 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
	72
	140
	227
	247
	312
	330
	550
	650
	775
	823

Accounting Student Demographics at WestConn

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Western Connecticut State University.

WestConn Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 64 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from WestConn. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at WestConn since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at WestConn are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Western Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	36
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WestConn 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 CT, the home state for Western Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Accountants and Auditors	14,550	$84,890
Credit Analysts	1,110	$93,970
Budget Analysts	1,050	$82,880
Business Professors	990	$95,670
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	920	$84,990

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 Andrew Gusciora under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.