Accounting at Western Governors University

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

WGU is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and has a total student population of 147,866. Of the 26,612 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Governors University in 2021, 1,183 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.

WGU Accounting Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at WGU

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? WGU offers distance education options for accounting at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

WGU Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at WGU 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 WGU 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
Most Popular Online Accounting Schools	1
Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Best Value Accounting Schools	29
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	131
	138
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	453
Most Focused Accounting Schools	684

In 2021, 331 students received their master’s degree in accounting from WGU. This makes it the #2 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of WGU Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at WGU is $50,280. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 9% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at WGU

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

WGU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1,183 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from WGU. Of these graduates, 34% were men and 66% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at WGU 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 Western Governors University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	47
Black or African American	30
Hispanic or Latino	70
White	884
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	149

WGU Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 331 students graduated with a master's degree in accounting from WGU. About 35% were men and 65% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from WGU, 67% 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 Western Governors University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	26
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	222
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	34

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

Related Majors

• General Sales & Marketing
• Marketing
• Human Resource Management
• Management Information Systems
• Business Administration & Management

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 Western Governors 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.