Accounting at University of Alaska Anchorage

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

UAA is located in Anchorage, Alaska and approximately 11,953 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.

UAA Accounting Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Accounting
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at UAA

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

UAA does offer online education options in accounting for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Associate’s Degree

UAA Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at UAA 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 UAA

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

UAA Accounting Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of accounting associate's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in accounting at UAA are white. Around 67% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Alaska Anchorage with a associate's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UAA Accounting Bachelor’s Program

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

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 University of Alaska Anchorage with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Related Majors

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 AK, the home state for University of Alaska Anchorage.

Occupation	Jobs in AK	Average Salary in AK
Accountants and Auditors	2,090	$82,920
Business Professors	480	$100,710
Budget Analysts	310	$79,650
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	80	$89,450
Financial Examiners	40	$71,830

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 Wonderlane under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.