Accounting at The University of West Florida

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

UWF is located in Pensacola, Florida and has a total student population of 13,061. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 students received their master's degree in accounting.

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

UWF Accounting Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Accounting

UWF Accounting Rankings

Accounting Student Demographics at UWF

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

UWF Accounting Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 students earned a master's degree in accounting from UWF. About 70% of these graduates were women and the other 30% were men.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from UWF, 77% 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 The University of West Florida with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	23
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• 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 FL, the home state for The University of West Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	97,300	$40,220
Accountants and Auditors	71,940	$71,790
Financial Managers	29,050	$132,850
Financial Analysts	13,400	$78,280
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	7,520	$42,520

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 Ebyabe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.