Accounting at Whitworth University

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

Whitworth is located in Spokane, Washington and approximately 2,756 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Whitworth.

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

Whitworth Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Whitworth Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Whitworth 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 Whitworth 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
	172
Best Accounting Schools	209
Best Value Accounting Schools	1,216
Most Popular Accounting Schools	1,306
Most Focused Accounting Schools	1,342

Earnings of Whitworth Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Whitworth is $53,919. This is 16% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Whitworth

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

Whitworth Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from Whitworth in 2021, 36% were men and 64% were women.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Whitworth are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Whitworth University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Marketing
• 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 WA, the home state for Whitworth University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Accountants and Auditors	32,870	$78,970
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	31,970	$45,600
Financial Managers	13,010	$136,480
Financial Analysts	6,480	$87,590
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	3,070	$50,860

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 Charlesdrakew under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.