Accounting at University of Alabama in Huntsville

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

UAH is located in Huntsville, Alabama and has a total student population of 9,999. In 2021, 47 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from UAH.

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

UAH Accounting Degrees Available

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

UAH Accounting Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at UAH 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	91
Most Focused Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	91
Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	435
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	627
Best Value Accounting Schools	999
	1,035

In 2021, 14 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UAH. This makes it the #332 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from UAH Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UAH is $40,282. 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 UAH

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

UAH Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UAH since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at UAH 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 in Huntsville with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	35
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UAH Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from UAH, 79% 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 in Huntsville with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UAH also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Marketing
• Finance & Financial Management
• Management Information Systems

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 in Huntsville.

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 Spyder_Monkey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.