Accounting at The University of Texas at Austin

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

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and has a total student population of 50,476. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 226 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from UT Austin.

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

UT Austin Accounting Degrees Available

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

UT Austin Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at UT Austin compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at UT Austin 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
	81

In 2021, 306 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UT Austin. This makes it the #3 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in accounting, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UT Austin Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Austin is $51,656. This is 12% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at UT Austin

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

UT Austin Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UT Austin since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	60
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	41
White	92
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

UT Austin Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 306 accounting students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UT Austin, about 52% were men and 48% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. UT Austin does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from UT Austin, 52% 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 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	71
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	35
White	158
International Students	28
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

UT Austin also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 2 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Business/Commerce
• Marketing
• Management Information Systems
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Finance & Financial 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 The University of Texas at Austin.

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 Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.