Accounting at Washington & Jefferson College

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if Washington & Jefferson College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting program.

W&J is located in Washington, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,167 students attend the school each year. Of the 302 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Washington & Jefferson College in 2021, 11 of them were accounting majors.

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

W&J Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

W&J Accounting Rankings

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

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 W&J 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	111
	254
	389
Most Focused Accounting Schools	507
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	741

Earnings of W&J Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at W&J is $51,790. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 12% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at W&J

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

W&J Accounting Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from W&J. About 36% of these graduates were women and the other 64% were men. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at W&J since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at W&J 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 Washington & Jefferson College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• International Business
• Finance & Financial Management
• General Business/Commerce

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 PA, the home state for Washington & Jefferson College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	55,360	$40,660
Accountants and Auditors	51,720	$75,250
Financial Managers	17,730	$156,730
Financial Analysts	11,980	$93,870
Business Professors	5,490	$91,520

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 Mgardzina under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.