Accounting at University of Hawaii at Hilo

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

UH Hilo is located in Hilo, Hawaii and approximately 3,165 students attend the school each year. Of the 63 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Hawaii at Hilo in 2021, 11 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.

UH Hilo Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

UH Hilo Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how UH Hilo performed in these rankings.

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 UH Hilo 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
	741
	796
	821
	929
	942
	1,296
	1,304
	1,306
	1,333
	1,392

Accounting Student Demographics at UH Hilo

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

UH Hilo Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from UH Hilo. Of these graduates, 55% were men and 45% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UH Hilo since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% 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 University of Hawaii at Hilo with a bachelor's in accounting.

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

UH Hilo 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 Hawaii at Hilo. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	11

Related Majors

• 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 HI, the home state for University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Occupation	Jobs in HI	Average Salary in HI
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	6,220	$41,620
Accountants and Auditors	4,810	$65,580
Financial Managers	2,560	$118,740
Financial Analysts	600	$78,800
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	590	$47,010

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 Vreed under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.