Accounting at Western Kentucky University

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if Western Kentucky University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting program.

WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and approximately 17,517 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,055 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Kentucky University in 2021, 64 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.

WKU Accounting Degrees Available

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

WKU Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how WKU performed in these rankings.

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 WKU 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 Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	463

In 2021, 14 students received their master’s degree in accounting from WKU. This makes it the #332 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of WKU Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at WKU is $39,657. This is less than $46,292, which is the national average of all accounting majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Accounting Student Demographics at WKU

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

WKU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 64 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from WKU in 2020-2021, 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at WKU since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at WKU 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 Kentucky University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	55
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WKU Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 14 students who earned a master's degree in Accounting from WKU in 2020-2021, 21% were men and 79% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from WKU, 86% 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 Kentucky University with a master's in accounting.

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

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

Related Majors

• Other Business, Management & Marketing
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Business/Managerial Economics
• International Business
• Management Information Systems

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 KY, the home state for Western Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	19,450	$37,950
Accountants and Auditors	11,160	$67,080
Financial Managers	6,190	$114,420
Financial Analysts	1,710	$69,830
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1,620	$41,290

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 OPMaster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.