Accounting at Western Carolina University

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

WCU is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and approximately 11,639 students attend the school each year. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 40 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from WCU.

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

WCU Accounting Degrees Available

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

WCU Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how WCU 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 major at WCU 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 Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	254
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	274
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	337
Most Popular Accounting Schools	356
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	366
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	693
Best Accounting Schools	800
Most Focused Accounting Schools	805
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	824

In 2019, 22 students received their master’s degree in accounting from WCU. This makes it the #254 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at WCU

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

WCU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 40 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from WCU in 2019, 45% were men and 55% were women.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at WCU 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 Western Carolina University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	31
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

WCU Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 22 students who earned a master's degree in Accounting from WCU in 2018-2019, 45% were men and 55% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from WCU, 86% 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 Western Carolina University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	19
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WCU 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 NC, the home state for Western Carolina University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Accountants and Auditors	33,020	$76,880
Financial Examiners	4,070	$71,310
Business Professors	3,440	$88,470
Credit Analysts	2,560	$84,530
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	1,510	$59,970

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.