Accounting at University of Alabama at Birmingham

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at University of Alabama at Birmingham. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 22,563 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.

UAB Accounting Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in Accounting (1 - 4 Years)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

UAB Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at UAB 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 UAB

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

UAB 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.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at UAB are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	87
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UAB Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 62% went to women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from UAB, 64% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	44
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 University of Alabama at Birmingham. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	195

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Human Resource Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing

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 AL, the home state for University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	21,260	$37,250
Accountants and Auditors	15,720	$70,310
Financial Managers	4,910	$128,690
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1,870	$40,700
Financial Analysts	1,330	$88,350

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 Lee Adlaf under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.