Accounting at The University of Texas at Dallas

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

UT Dallas is located in Richardson, Texas and approximately 28,669 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,057 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas at Dallas in 2021, 238 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.

UT Dallas Accounting Degrees Available

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

UT Dallas Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at UT Dallas compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UT Dallas 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
	16
	91
	91
	140
	253
	271
	284
	618
	898

In 2021, 202 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UT Dallas. This makes it the #8 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from UT Dallas Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Dallas is $49,523. This is 7% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at UT Dallas

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

UT Dallas Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 238 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from UT Dallas. About 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UT Dallas since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% 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 The University of Texas at Dallas with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	97
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	45
White	53
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

UT Dallas Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 202 students who graduated with a master’s in accounting from UT Dallas in 2021, 38% were men and 62% were women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Dallas with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	45
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	61
International Students	59
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

UT Dallas 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Texas at Dallas. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	440

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• General Business/Commerce
• Human Resource Management
• International Business
• Marketing

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 The University of Texas at Dallas.

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 Stan9999 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.