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Accounting at Washington University in St Louis

Accounting at Washington University in St Louis

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

WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and has a total student population of 15,449.

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

WUSTL Accounting Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at WUSTL

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? WUSTL offers distance education options for accounting at the following degree levels:

WUSTL Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at WUSTL 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 WUSTL

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Washington University in St Louis.

WUSTL Accounting Bachelor’s Program

31% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 69% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women.

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About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at WUSTL 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 University in St Louis with a bachelor's in accounting.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 16
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

WUSTL Accounting Master’s Program

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

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 3
International Students 29
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 MO, the home state for Washington University in St Louis.

Occupation Jobs in MO Average Salary in MO
Accountants and Auditors 25,090 $70,240
Financial Examiners 2,370 $73,870
Credit Analysts 1,960 $75,620
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents 1,830 $47,590
Business Professors 1,000 $101,240

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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