Accounting at Western Colorado University

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

Western is located in Gunnison, Colorado and has a total student population of 3,203. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Western.

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

Western Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Western Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Western performed in these rankings.

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 Western 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
	452
	554
	654
	700
	724
	762
	778
	837
	974
	1,074

Accounting Student Demographics at Western

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

Western Accounting Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Western. About 29% of these graduates were women and the other 71% were men. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Western since its program graduates 25% more men than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Western are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Western 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 CO, the home state for Western Colorado University.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Accountants and Auditors	36,290	$82,320
Business Professors	1,540	$85,570
Credit Analysts	1,370	$76,870
Financial Examiners	1,320	$82,380
Budget Analysts	1,020	$83,060

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 Draconrex under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.