Accounting at Washington University in St Louis

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

WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and approximately 15,852 students attend the school each year. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 22 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from WUSTL.

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

WUSTL Accounting Degrees Available

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

WUSTL Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at WUSTL 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 WUSTL 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	6
Best Accounting Schools	15
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	197
Most Popular Accounting Schools	255
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	516

In 2019, 65 students received their master’s degree in accounting from WUSTL. This makes it the #91 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at WUSTL

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Washington University in St Louis.

WUSTL Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at WUSTL since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at WUSTL are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Washington University in St Louis with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WUSTL Accounting Master’s Program

The accounting program at WUSTL awarded 65 master's degrees in 2018-2019. About 15% of these degrees went to men with the other 85% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	60
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WUSTL 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 MO, the home state for Washington University in St Louis.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Accountants and Auditors	25,090	$70,240
Financial Examiners	2,370	$73,870
Credit Analysts	1,960	$75,620
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	1,830	$47,590
Business Professors	1,000	$101,240

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 Bachrach44 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.