Accounting at Western Michigan University

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

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and has a total student population of 19,887. Of the 3,747 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan University in 2021, 146 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.

WMU Accounting Degrees Available

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

WMU Accounting Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at WMU 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	122
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	176

In 2021, 30 students received their master’s degree in accounting from WMU. This makes it the #177 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from WMU Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at WMU is $43,500. 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 WMU

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

WMU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 146 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from WMU in 2020-2021, 42% were men and 58% were women.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at WMU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	74
International Students	49
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

WMU Accounting Master’s Program

The accounting program at WMU awarded 30 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 53% of these degrees went to men with the other 47% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. WMU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from WMU, 73% 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 Michigan University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	22
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• Human Resource 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 MI, the home state for Western Michigan 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 TheKuLeR under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.