Accounting at Gonzaga University

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at Gonzaga University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Gonzaga is located in Spokane, Washington and approximately 7,563 students attend the school each year. Of the 480 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Gonzaga University in 2019, 82 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.

Gonzaga Accounting Degrees Available

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

Gonzaga Accounting Rankings

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

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 Gonzaga 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 Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	54
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	63
Best Accounting Schools	86
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	166
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	184
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	194
Most Popular Accounting Schools	196
Most Focused Accounting Schools	240
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	269

In 2019, 32 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Gonzaga. This makes it the #184 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Gonzaga

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

Gonzaga Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Gonzaga since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Gonzaga are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	64
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Gonzaga Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 32 students who earned a master's degree in Accounting from Gonzaga in 2018-2019, 50% were men and 50% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 46% men graduate in accounting each year. Gonzaga does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Gonzaga, 59% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	19
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Gonzaga also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 WA, the home state for Gonzaga University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Accountants and Auditors	32,870	$78,970
Business Professors	1,350	$90,100
Credit Analysts	1,310	$76,500
Budget Analysts	1,040	$76,210
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	1,000	$65,170

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 Gregg M. Erickson under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.