Accounting at Western Governors University

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

WGU is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and has a total student population of 121,437. Of the 5,064 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Governors University in 2019, 603 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.

WGU Accounting Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at WGU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? WGU offers distance education options for accounting at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

WGU Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at WGU 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 WGU 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 Online Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Popular Online Accounting Schools	2
Most Popular Accounting Schools	4
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	7
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	228
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	316
Best Accounting Schools	347
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	347
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	691
Most Focused Accounting Schools	736

In 2019, 192 students received their master’s degree in accounting from WGU. This makes it the #7 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at WGU

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

WGU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 603 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from WGU in 2019, 33% were men and 67% were women.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at WGU 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 Governors University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	35
White	473
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	55

WGU Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 192 accounting students who graduated with a master's degree in 2018-2019 from WGU, about 39% were men and 61% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from WGU, 71% 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 Governors University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	137
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

WGU 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 UT, the home state for Western Governors University.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Accountants and Auditors	9,580	$70,980
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	1,840	$49,680
Business Professors	770	$96,460
Credit Analysts	660	$68,920
Financial Examiners	570	$71,220

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.