Accounting at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

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

UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and has a total student population of 48,149.

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

UW Seattle Accounting Degrees Available

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

UW Seattle Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at UW Seattle 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.

Accounting Student Demographics at UW Seattle

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

UW Seattle Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UW Seattle since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 University of Washington - Seattle Campus with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	29
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	41
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

UW Seattle Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. UW Seattle does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 18% more men than average.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 49% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Accounting

If you plan to be a accounting major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Washington - Seattle Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	133
Auditing	56

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Taxation
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Marketing

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 University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.