Accounting at University of Houston

Every accounting school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the accounting program at University of Houston stacks up to those at other schools.

UH is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 47,090 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.

UH Accounting Degrees Available

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

UH Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at UH 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 UH

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

UH Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UH since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% 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 Houston with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	82
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	83
White	36
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UH Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 53% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. UH does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 71% of degree recipients. That is 33% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Accounting

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	506

Related Majors

• General Business/Commerce
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Business/Corporate Communications
• Human Resource Management

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 TX, the home state for University of Houston.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	131,250	$41,390
Accountants and Auditors	115,270	$80,200
Financial Managers	39,580	$149,990
Financial Analysts	26,850	$94,980
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	13,300	$44,390

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 RJN2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.