Accounting at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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

UT Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and approximately 32,441 students attend the school each year. Of the 570 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in 2021, 160 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 Rio Grande Valley Accounting Degrees Available

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

UT Rio Grande Valley Accounting Rankings

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

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 UT Rio Grande Valley 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
	67
	85
	95
	149
	271
	347
	437
	478
	662
	798
	963
	1,359

In 2021, 54 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UT Rio Grande Valley. This makes it the #96 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UT Rio Grande Valley Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Rio Grande Valley is $31,846. 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 UT Rio Grande Valley

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

UT Rio Grande Valley Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 160 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from UT Rio Grande Valley. About 47% were men and 53% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UT Rio Grande Valley since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 58% 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 Rio Grande Valley with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	151
White	5
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UT Rio Grande Valley Accounting Master’s Program

The accounting program at UT Rio Grande Valley awarded 54 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 54% of these degrees went to men with the other 46% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. UT Rio Grande Valley does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 83% of degree recipients. That is 47% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	42
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UT Rio Grande Valley 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 Rio Grande Valley. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	214

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Management Information Systems
• International Business
• Marketing
• Finance & Financial 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 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.