Accounting at The University of Texas at El Paso

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if The University of Texas at El Paso is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting program.

UTEP is located in El Paso, Texas and approximately 24,879 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.

UTEP Accounting Degrees Available

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

UTEP Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at UTEP 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 UTEP

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

UTEP Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 54% 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 El Paso with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	110
White	2
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UTEP Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 85% of degree recipients. That is 47% 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 El Paso with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	50
White	2
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Accounting

Accounting majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Texas at El Paso. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	218

Related Majors

• General Business/Commerce
• International Business
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Management Information Systems
• Construction 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 El Paso.

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 Adrian Garcia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.