Accounting at Brigham Young University - Provo

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

BYU is located in Provo, Utah and approximately 36,461 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 238 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from BYU.

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

BYU Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

BYU Accounting Rankings

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

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 BYU 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
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	17
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	33
	56
Best Accounting Schools	62

In 2021, 154 students received their master’s degree in accounting from BYU. This makes it the #18 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of BYU Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at BYU is $60,568. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 31% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at BYU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Brigham Young University - Provo.

BYU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 238 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from BYU. Of these graduates, 69% were men and 31% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at BYU since its program graduates 27% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at BYU 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 Brigham Young University - Provo with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	195
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

BYU Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 154 accounting majors earned their master's degree from BYU. Of these graduates, 68% were men and 32% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. BYU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 26% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from BYU, 85% 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 Brigham Young University - Provo with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	131
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Human Resource Management
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• General Business/Commerce
• Business/Managerial Economics

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 UT, the home state for Brigham Young University - Provo.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	14,070	$39,170
Accountants and Auditors	9,580	$70,980
Financial Managers	6,900	$110,750
Financial Analysts	2,900	$78,510
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	1,840	$49,680

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 Mwilson3 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.