Accounting at University of Arkansas

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

UARK is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and approximately 27,562 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.

UARK Accounting Degrees Available

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

UARK Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at UARK 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 UARK

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

UARK Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UARK since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at UARK 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 Arkansas with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	122
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

UARK Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 63% went to women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from UARK, 80% 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 Arkansas with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	51
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Accounting

If you plan to be a accounting major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Arkansas. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	258

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Human Resource Management
• General Business/Commerce
• International Business
• Business/Managerial Economics

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 AR, the home state for University of Arkansas.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	11,730	$36,310
Accountants and Auditors	7,270	$67,700
Financial Managers	4,350	$106,530
Financial Analysts	1,060	$78,050
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1,040	$39,360

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 Brandonrush under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.