Accounting and Business/Management at Washington and Lee University

Every accounting and business/management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the accounting and business/management program at Washington and Lee University stacks up to those at other schools.

Washington and Lee is located in Lexington, Virginia and approximately 2,223 students attend the school each year. Of the 210 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Washington and Lee University in 2019, 42 of them were accounting and business/management majors.

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

Washington and Lee Accounting and Business/Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and Business/Management

Washington and Lee Accounting and Business/Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting and business/management programs across the country. The following shows how Washington and Lee performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting and business/management major at Washington and Lee is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting and Business/Management. 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 and Business/Management Schools	1
Best Accounting and Business/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Popular Accounting and Business/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Focused Accounting and Business/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Most Popular Accounting and Business/Management Schools	11
Most Focused Accounting and Business/Management Schools	13

Accounting and Business/Management Student Demographics at Washington and Lee

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting and business/management majors at Washington and Lee University.

Washington and Lee Accounting and Business/Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 42 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting and Business/Management from Washington and Lee in 2018-2019, 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical accounting and business/management bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% men. So male students are more repesented at Washington and Lee since its program graduates 28% more men than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting and business/management at Washington and Lee 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 Washington and Lee University with a bachelor's in accounting and business/management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	36
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Washington and Lee also has a doctoral program available in accounting and business/management. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Accounting and Business/Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting and business/management can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for Washington and Lee University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Accountants and Auditors	41,230	$85,640
Financial Managers	15,180	$164,030
Financial Analysts	8,550	$97,990

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 User:BlueGold73 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.