Accounting at Houston Baptist University

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

HBU is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 3,963. In 2021, 20 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from HBU.

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

HBU Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

HBU Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how HBU 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 HBU 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	91
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	553
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	881
Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	969
Most Focused Accounting Schools	1,084
Best Accounting Schools	1,175

Accounting Student Demographics at HBU

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

HBU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from HBU in 2021, 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at HBU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% 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 Houston Baptist University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• International Business
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing
• Human Resource 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 TX, the home state for Houston Baptist University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	131,250	$41,390
Accountants and Auditors	115,270	$80,200
Financial Managers	39,580	$149,990
Financial Analysts	26,850	$94,980
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	13,300	$44,390

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 LUSportsFan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.