Accounting at University of Kentucky

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

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and has a total student population of 29,986.

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

UK Accounting Degrees Available

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

UK Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at UK 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 UK

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

UK Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UK since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at UK 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 Kentucky with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	93
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UK Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 34% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. UK does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 24% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from UK, 82% 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 Kentucky with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Accounting

Accounting majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Kentucky. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	218

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Business Administration & Management
• Hospitality Management
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Finance & Financial 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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	19,450	$37,950
Accountants and Auditors	11,160	$67,080
Financial Managers	6,190	$114,420
Financial Analysts	1,710	$69,830
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1,620	$41,290

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 Seicer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.