Accounting at Wayne State University

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

Wayne State is located in Detroit, Michigan and approximately 27,025 students attend the school each year. In 2019, 120 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Wayne State.

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

Wayne State Accounting Degrees Available

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

Wayne State Accounting Rankings

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

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 Wayne State 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	76
Most Popular Accounting Schools	144
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	230
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	304
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	406
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	511
Best Accounting Schools	615
Most Focused Accounting Schools	804

In 2019, 25 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Wayne State. This makes it the #230 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Wayne State

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

Wayne State Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Wayne State since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Wayne State are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Wayne State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	68
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Wayne State Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 25 students who earned a master's degree in Accounting from Wayne State in 2018-2019, 48% were men and 52% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 46% men graduate in accounting each year. Wayne State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	11
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Wayne State 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 MI, the home state for Wayne State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Accountants and Auditors	33,610	$74,370
Business Professors	2,350	$107,140
Credit Analysts	1,310	$71,070
Budget Analysts	680	$76,980
Financial Examiners	550	$81,270

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 Del arte under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.