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Accounting at Western Dakota Technical Institute

Accounting at Western Dakota Technical Institute

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

Western Dakota Tech is located in Rapid City, South Dakota and has a total student population of 1,324.

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

Western Dakota Tech Accounting Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at Western Dakota Tech

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.

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

  • Associate’s Degree

Western Dakota Tech Accounting Rankings

Accounting Student Demographics at Western Dakota Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Western Dakota Technical Institute.

Western Dakota Tech Accounting Associate’s Program

85% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 15% of accounting associate's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in accounting at Western Dakota Tech are white. Around 92% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Dakota Technical Institute with a associate's in accounting.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 SD, the home state for Western Dakota Technical Institute.

Occupation Jobs in SD Average Salary in SD
Accountants and Auditors 4,480 $65,800
Credit Analysts 380 $62,210
Business Professors 270 $84,620
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents 130 $52,300
Budget Analysts 130 $63,380

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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