Accounting at University of North Carolina at Asheville

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

UNCA is located in Asheville, North Carolina and approximately 3,363 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from UNCA.

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

UNCA Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

UNCA Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at UNCA 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 UNCA 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
	459
	584
	640
	663
	747
	770
	899
	902
	913
	1,109

Accounting Student Demographics at UNCA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at University of North Carolina at Asheville.

UNCA Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 17 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from UNCA in 2021, 65% were men and 35% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at UNCA since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at UNCA 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 North Carolina at Asheville with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Asheville.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Accountants and Auditors	33,020	$76,880
Financial Examiners	4,070	$71,310
Business Professors	3,440	$88,470
Credit Analysts	2,560	$84,530
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	1,510	$59,970

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 Caroline Culler (User:Wgreaves) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.