Accounting at Arkansas Tech University

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

ATU is located in Russellville, Arkansas and approximately 10,829 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 15 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from ATU.

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

ATU Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

ATU Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how ATU 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 ATU 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
	837
	935
	1,074

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from ATU Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at ATU is $32,403. This is less than $46,292, which is the national average of all accounting majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Accounting Student Demographics at ATU

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

ATU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at ATU since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at ATU 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 Arkansas Tech University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

ATU also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Accounting

If you plan to be a accounting major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Arkansas Tech University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	15

Related Majors

• Marketing
• Finance & Financial Management
• Hospitality Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Business/Managerial Economics

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 AR, the home state for Arkansas Tech University.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	11,730	$36,310
Accountants and Auditors	7,270	$67,700
Financial Managers	4,350	$106,530
Financial Analysts	1,060	$78,050
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1,040	$39,360

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 Valis55 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.