Accounting at University of Alaska Fairbanks

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if University of Alaska Fairbanks is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting program.

UAF is located in Fairbanks, Alaska and approximately 6,813 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 19 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from UAF.

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

UAF Accounting Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Accounting (Less Than 1 Year)
• Undergrad Certificate in Accounting (1 - 4 Years)
• Associate’s Degree in Accounting
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at UAF

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UAF offers distance education options for accounting at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree

UAF Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at UAF 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 UAF 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
	25
	37
	46
	57
	62
	64
	72
	72
	96
	102
	118
	150
	185
	190
	195
	308
	324
	361
	404
	461
	464
	566
	694
	795

Earnings of UAF Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UAF is $46,188. 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 UAF

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

UAF Accounting Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of accounting associate's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

UAF does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in accounting graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Alaska Fairbanks with a associate's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UAF Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 19 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UAF, 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 UAF since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Alaska Fairbanks with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

Concentrations Within Accounting

If you plan to be a accounting major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Alaska Fairbanks. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	19
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	11

Related Majors

• Construction Management
• Business Administration & 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 AK, the home state for University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Occupation	Jobs in AK	Average Salary in AK
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	4,370	$48,640
Accountants and Auditors	2,090	$82,920
Financial Managers	1,000	$110,010
Business Professors	480	$100,710
Financial Analysts	460	$101,720

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 Burntorange72 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.