Accounting at Western Washington University

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

WWU is located in Bellingham, Washington and approximately 15,197 students attend the school each year. Of the 561 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Washington University in 2021, 78 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.

WWU Accounting Degrees Available

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

WWU Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how WWU 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 WWU 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
	250
	275
	316
	323
	339
	357
	381
	462
	471
	542
	553
	612
	739

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in accounting from WWU. This makes it the #449 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at WWU

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

WWU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 78 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from WWU in 2020-2021, 58% were men and 42% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at WWU since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at WWU 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 Washington University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	52
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

WWU Accounting Master’s Program

The accounting program at WWU awarded 2 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

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

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

WWU 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 Western Washington University.

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
• Image Credit: By Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.