Accounting at Central Washington University

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

CWU is located in Ellensburg, Washington and approximately 11,174 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 139 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from CWU.

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

CWU Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at CWU

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

For those who are interested in distance learning, CWU does offer online courses in accounting for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

CWU Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how CWU 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 CWU 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
Best Accounting Schools	185
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	522

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in accounting from CWU. This is the #523 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of CWU Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at CWU is $47,780. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 3% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at CWU

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

CWU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 139 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from CWU in 2020-2021, 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at CWU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Central Washington University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	20
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	55
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	25

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

Related Majors

• Insurance
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• General Sales & Marketing
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Business/Managerial Economics

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 Central Washington University.

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
• Image Credit: By Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.