Accounting at Oakwood University

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

Oakwood is located in Huntsville, Alabama and approximately 1,374 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 5 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Oakwood.

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

Oakwood Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Oakwood Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Oakwood performed in these rankings.

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 Oakwood 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
	677
	944
	1,245
	1,663

Accounting Student Demographics at Oakwood

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

Oakwood Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at Oakwood awarded 5 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 20% of these degrees went to men with the other 80% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 Oakwood University with a bachelor's in accounting.

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

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

Concentrations Within Accounting

Accounting majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Oakwood University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	5

Related Majors

• Marketing
• Finance & Financial Management
• Business Administration & Management
• Management Information Systems
• 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 AL, the home state for Oakwood University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	21,260	$37,250
Accountants and Auditors	15,720	$70,310
Financial Managers	4,910	$128,690
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1,870	$40,700
Financial Analysts	1,330	$88,350

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.