Accounting at University of Alabama at Birmingham

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

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and has a total student population of 22,563. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 132 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from UAB.

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

UAB Accounting Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in Accounting (1 - 4 Years)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

UAB Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at UAB 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 UAB 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
	42
	76
	91
	242
	265
	367
	461
	547
	566
	615
	619

In 2021, 63 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UAB. This makes it the #77 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UAB Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UAB is $48,623. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 5% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at UAB

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

UAB Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 132 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from UAB in 2021, 40% were men and 60% were women.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at UAB 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 University of Alabama at Birmingham with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	87
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UAB Accounting Master’s Program

The accounting program at UAB awarded 63 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 41% of these degrees went to men with the other 59% going to women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from UAB, 68% 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 University of Alabama at Birmingham with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	43
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UAB 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 University of Alabama at Birmingham. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Alabama at Birmingham. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	195

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Human Resource Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• 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 AL, the home state for University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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
• Image Credit: By Lee Adlaf under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.