Accounting at The University of Texas at San Antonio

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

UTSA is located in San Antonio, Texas and has a total student population of 34,742. In 2021, 198 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from UTSA.

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

UTSA Accounting Degrees Available

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

UTSA Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at UTSA 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 UTSA 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	2
	11
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	38

In 2021, 75 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UTSA. This makes it the #55 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from UTSA Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UTSA is $43,420. This is less than $46,292, which is the national average of all accounting majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Accounting Student Demographics at UTSA

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

UTSA Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 198 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from UTSA in 2020-2021, 54% were men and 46% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UTSA since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% 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 San Antonio with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	116
White	51
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UTSA Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 75 students who earned a master's degree in Accounting from UTSA in 2020-2021, 43% were men and 57% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. UTSA does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 52% of degree recipients. That is 16% 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 San Antonio with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	31
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UTSA also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Business/Commerce
• International Business
• Hospitality Management
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• 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 The University of Texas at San Antonio.

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 BrianReading under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.