Accounting at Walsh College of Accountancy and Business Administration

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what Walsh College of Accountancy and Business Administration has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Walsh College is located in Troy, Michigan and approximately 2,006 students attend the school each year. Of the 323 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Walsh College of Accountancy and Business Administration in 2019, 89 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.

Walsh College Accounting Degrees Available

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

Walsh College Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Walsh College 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 Walsh College 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 Master’s Degree Schools	3
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Most Focused Accounting Schools	13
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	80
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	115
Most Popular Accounting Schools	149
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	183
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	220
Best Accounting Schools	250

In 2019, 73 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Walsh College. This makes it the #80 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from Walsh College Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Walsh College is $44,700. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 2% higher than the national average of $43,900 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Walsh College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Walsh College of Accountancy and Business Administration.

Walsh College Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at Walsh College awarded 89 bachelor's degrees in 2018-2019. About 43% of these degrees went to men with the other 57% going to women.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Walsh College 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 Walsh College of Accountancy and Business Administration with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	68
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Walsh College Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 73 students who earned a master's degree in Accounting from Walsh College in 2018-2019, 38% were men and 62% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Walsh College, 63% 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 Walsh College of Accountancy and Business Administration with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	46
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Concentrations Within Accounting

Accounting majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Walsh College of Accountancy and Business Administration. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	162

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Taxation
• Marketing
• General Business/Commerce
• Finance & Financial 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 MI, the home state for Walsh College of Accountancy and Business Administration.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	37,490	$39,130
Accountants and Auditors	33,610	$74,370
Financial Managers	14,760	$128,270
Financial Analysts	6,090	$84,410
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	3,690	$44,030

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.