Accounting at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

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

UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and has a total student population of 48,149.

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

UW Seattle Accounting Degrees Available

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

UW Seattle Accounting Rankings

Accounting Student Demographics at UW Seattle

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

UW Seattle Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. UW Seattle does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 18% more men than average.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 49% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Washington - Seattle Campus with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Accounting

If you plan to be a accounting major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Washington - Seattle Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Auditing	56

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Taxation
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• 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 University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.