Accounting at Weber State University

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

WSU is located in Ogden, Utah and has a total student population of 29,596. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 68 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from WSU.

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

WSU Accounting Degrees Available

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

WSU Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at WSU 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 WSU 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 Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	182
Most Popular Accounting Schools	312
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	319
	328
Best Value Accounting Schools	553

In 2021, 15 students received their master’s degree in accounting from WSU. This makes it the #320 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of WSU Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at WSU is $47,353. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 2% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at WSU

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

WSU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 68 students earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from WSU. About 41% of these graduates were women and the other 59% were men. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at WSU since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at WSU 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 Weber State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	59
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

WSU Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students graduated with a master's degree in accounting from WSU. About 27% were men and 73% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from WSU, 60% 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 Weber State University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• Business Support & Assistant Services
• Human Resource Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• Taxation
• 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 UT, the home state for Weber State University.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	14,070	$39,170
Accountants and Auditors	9,580	$70,980
Financial Managers	6,900	$110,750
Financial Analysts	2,900	$78,510
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	1,840	$49,680

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 D.fletcher4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.