Accounting at Bellevue College

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

BC is located in Bellevue, Washington and approximately 12,286 students attend the school each year. Of the 260 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bellevue College in 2021, 26 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.

BC Accounting Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Accounting (Less Than 1 Year)
• Undergrad Certificate in Accounting (1 - 4 Years)
• Associate’s Degree in Accounting
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

BC Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how BC 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 BC 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
Most Popular Accounting Associate Degree Schools	75
Most Popular Accounting Basic Certificate Schools	103
Most Focused Accounting Basic Certificate Schools	193
Most Popular Accounting Schools	273
Most Focused Accounting Associate Degree Schools	278
Most Focused Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools	294
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	946

Accounting Student Demographics at BC

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

BC Accounting Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of accounting associate's degrees went to men and 79% went to women.

BC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in accounting graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bellevue College with a associate's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	11
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

BC Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from BC. About 31% were men and 69% were women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at BC 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 Bellevue College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Business Administration & Management
• Marketing
• General Business/Commerce

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 Bellevue College.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Accountants and Auditors	32,870	$78,970
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	31,970	$45,600
Financial Managers	13,010	$136,480
Financial Analysts	6,480	$87,590
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	3,070	$50,860

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.