Accounting at The College of Westchester

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

CW is located in White Plains, New York and approximately 889 students attend the school each year. Of the 65 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The College of Westchester in 2019, 25 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.

CW Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

CW Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at CW compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at CW 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
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21
Most Focused Accounting Schools	44
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	498
Most Popular Accounting Schools	652
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	833
Best Accounting Schools	1,009

Accounting Student Demographics at CW

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at The College of Westchester.

CW Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 25 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2018-2019 from CW, about 32% were men and 68% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 61% 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 The College of Westchester with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping

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 NY, the home state for The College of Westchester.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Accountants and Auditors	110,780	$96,300
Financial Examiners	9,030	$115,980
Business Professors	8,910	$110,500
Credit Analysts	7,440	$119,180
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	4,830	$70,560

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.