Accounting at The University of Alabama

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

UA is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and approximately 37,840 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,748 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Alabama in 2021, 315 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.

UA Accounting Degrees Available

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

UA Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at UA 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 UA 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
	4
	6
	6
	10
	39
	209
	223
	343

In 2021, 89 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UA. This makes it the #40 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in accounting, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Accounting Student Demographics at UA

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

UA Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 315 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from UA in 2021, 47% were men and 53% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at UA since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at UA 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 The University of Alabama with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	273
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UA Accounting Master’s Program

The accounting program at UA awarded 89 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 49% of these degrees went to men with the other 51% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 46% men graduate in accounting each year. UA does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from UA, 82% 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 The University of Alabama with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	73
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UA also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 2 students 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 AL, the home state for The University of Alabama.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Accountants and Auditors	15,720	$70,310
Financial Examiners	1,130	$59,910
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	1,060	$56,860
Budget Analysts	920	$82,480
Business Professors	840	$98,110

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 Deutschlandreform under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.