Accounting at University of West Alabama

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

University of West Alabama is located in Livingston, Alabama and approximately 5,734 students attend the school each year. Of the 58 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of West Alabama in 2021, 9 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.

University of West Alabama Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at University of West Alabama

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

University of West Alabama Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at University of West Alabama 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 University of West Alabama 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
	98
	266
	798
	1,060
	1,407
	1,847

Accounting Student Demographics at University of West Alabama

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

University of West Alabama Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from University of West Alabama in 2020-2021, 44% were men and 56% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at University of West Alabama since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at University of West Alabama 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 West Alabama with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	9

Related Majors

• Finance & Financial Management
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing
• 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 AL, the home state for University of West Alabama.

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 Jet Lowe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.