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. In 2021, 133 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from UW Seattle.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how UW Seattle 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Accounting Schools	86

In 2021, 56 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UW Seattle. This makes it the #88 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UW Seattle Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW Seattle is $52,825. This is 14% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 133 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from UW Seattle. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were 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 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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	41
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	54
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UW Seattle Accounting Master’s Program

The accounting program at UW Seattle awarded 56 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 45% of these degrees went to men with the other 55% going 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 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from UW Seattle, 54% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 3% 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	14
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	30
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

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.