Accounting at Wofford College

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

Wofford is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina and has a total student population of 1,764. Of the 128 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wofford College in 2021, 38 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.

Wofford Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Wofford Accounting Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Wofford 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
	29
	108
	200
	246
	363
	636
	750
	799
	1,055
	1,275

Earnings of Wofford Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Wofford is $39,901. This is less than $46,292, which is the national average of all accounting majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Accounting Student Demographics at Wofford

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Wofford College.

Wofford Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from Wofford. About 47% were men and 53% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Wofford since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Wofford 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 Wofford College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	35
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within Accounting

Accounting majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Wofford College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	38

Related Majors

• Business/Managerial Economics
• 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 SC, the home state for Wofford College.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	19,400	$36,860
Accountants and Auditors	14,890	$64,750
Financial Managers	5,190	$125,710
Financial Analysts	1,880	$80,690
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1,700	$41,370

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 PegasusRacer28 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.