Accounting at Houston Baptist University

Every accounting school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the accounting program at Houston Baptist University stacks up to those at other schools.

HBU is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 3,963 students attend the school each year. Of the 91 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Houston Baptist University in 2021, 20 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.

HBU Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

HBU Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at HBU 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 HBU 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
	91
	91
	553
	881
	969
	1,084
	1,175
	1,277

Accounting Student Demographics at HBU

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

HBU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from HBU. Of these graduates, 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at HBU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% 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 Houston Baptist University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within Accounting

The following accounting concentations are available at Houston Baptist University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Houston Baptist University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	20

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• International Business
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing
• Human Resource Management

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 TX, the home state for Houston Baptist University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	131,250	$41,390
Accountants and Auditors	115,270	$80,200
Financial Managers	39,580	$149,990
Financial Analysts	26,850	$94,980
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	13,300	$44,390

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 LUSportsFan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.