Accounting at Wayne State University

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

Wayne State is located in Detroit, Michigan and approximately 26,241 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 123 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Wayne State.

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

Wayne State Accounting Degrees Available

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

Wayne State Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at Wayne State 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.

In 2021, 19 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Wayne State. This makes it the #269 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from Wayne State Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Wayne State is $49,303. This is 7% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Wayne State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Wayne State University.

Wayne State Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 123 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Wayne State in 2020-2021, 54% were men and 46% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Wayne State since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Wayne State 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 Wayne State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	79
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Wayne State Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students graduated with a master's degree in accounting from Wayne State. About 53% were men and 47% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. Wayne State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Management Information Systems
• Finance & Financial Management
• 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 MI, the home state for Wayne State University.

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
• Image Credit: By Del arte under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.