Accounting at Western Michigan University

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at Western Michigan University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and has a total student population of 22,562. Of the 1,022 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan University in 2019, 124 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.

WMU Accounting Degrees Available

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

WMU Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at WMU 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 WMU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	110
Most Popular Accounting Schools	133
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	194
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	214
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	359
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	361
Best Accounting Schools	429
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	493
Most Focused Accounting Schools	580

In 2019, 29 students received their master’s degree in accounting from WMU. This makes it the #194 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at WMU

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

WMU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 124 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from WMU. Of these graduates, 69% were men and 31% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at WMU since its program graduates 24% more men than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at WMU 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 Michigan University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	82
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

WMU Accounting Master’s Program

The accounting program at WMU awarded 29 master's degrees in 2018-2019. About 34% of these degrees went to men with the other 66% going to women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from WMU, 66% 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 Michigan University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	19
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WMU 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 Western Michigan 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 TheKuLeR under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.