Accounting at The University of West Florida

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

UWF is located in Pensacola, Florida and approximately 13,061 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 44 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from UWF.

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

UWF Accounting Degrees Available

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

UWF Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how UWF 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 UWF 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 Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	312
	416
	1,057

In 2021, 30 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UWF. This makes it the #177 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UWF Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UWF is $41,772. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting students.

Accounting Student Demographics at UWF

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at The University of West Florida.

UWF Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 66% went to women.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at UWF 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 The University of West Florida with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	28
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UWF Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from UWF, 77% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	23
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Hospitality Management
• Marketing
• 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 FL, the home state for The University of West Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	97,300	$40,220
Accountants and Auditors	71,940	$71,790
Financial Managers	29,050	$132,850
Financial Analysts	13,400	$78,280
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	7,520	$42,520

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 Ebyabe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.