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.

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 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.

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, 50% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% 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 8% more men than average.

About 65% 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	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	17
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UAH Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. UAH does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

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	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Accounting

The following accounting concentations are available at University of Alabama in Huntsville. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Alabama in Huntsville. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	61

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.