Accounting at Walsh College

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

Walsh is located in Troy, Michigan and approximately 1,744 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 48 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Walsh.

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

Walsh Accounting Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Walsh

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Walsh Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Walsh compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Walsh 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	3
Most Focused Accounting Schools	14
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	34
Most Popular Online Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	36
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	48
Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	52
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	53
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	55
Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	77
Most Popular Online Accounting Schools	84
Best Accounting Schools	89
Most Popular Accounting Schools	193
	200
Best Value Accounting Schools	245
	284
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	295
	453

In 2021, 76 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Walsh. This makes it the #54 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Walsh Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Walsh is $48,805. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 5% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Walsh

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

Walsh Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at Walsh awarded 48 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 40% of these degrees went to men with the other 60% going to women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Walsh 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 Walsh College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	36
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Walsh Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 76 students graduated with a master's degree in accounting from Walsh. About 39% were men and 61% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Walsh, 70% 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 Walsh College with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	53
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Walsh 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
• Marketing
• Finance & Financial Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods

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 MI, the home state for Walsh College.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	37,490	$39,130
Accountants and Auditors	33,610	$74,370
Financial Managers	14,760	$128,270
Financial Analysts	6,090	$84,410
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	3,690	$44,030

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.