Accounting at Western New Mexico University

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

Western New Mexico University is located in Silver City, New Mexico and approximately 2,896 students attend the school each year.

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 New Mexico University Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Western New Mexico University Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at Western New Mexico University 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.

Accounting Student Demographics at Western New Mexico University

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

Western New Mexico University Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

Related Majors

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 NM, the home state for Western New Mexico University.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Accountants and Auditors	6,050	$66,370
Budget Analysts	590	$76,880
Business Professors	220	$78,890
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	210	$46,850
Credit Analysts	190	$61,500

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 AllenS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.