Accounting at University at Albany

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

UAlbany is located in Albany, New York and approximately 17,688 students attend the school each year.

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

UAlbany Accounting Degrees Available

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

UAlbany Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at UAlbany 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.

Accounting Student Demographics at UAlbany

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

UAlbany Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 at Albany with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	48
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UAlbany Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 44% went to women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from UAlbany, 60% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University at Albany with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	43
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 NY, the home state for University at Albany.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Accountants and Auditors	110,780	$96,300
Financial Examiners	9,030	$115,980
Business Professors	8,910	$110,500
Credit Analysts	7,440	$119,180
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	4,830	$70,560

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
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More about our data sources and methodologies.