Accounting at University of Alabama at Birmingham

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

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and has a total student population of 22,563. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 63 students received their master's degree in accounting.

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

UAB Accounting Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Accounting

UAB Accounting Rankings

Accounting Student Demographics at UAB

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

UAB Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 63 students graduated with a master's degree in accounting from UAB. About 41% were men and 59% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from UAB, 68% 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 Alabama at Birmingham with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	43
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Business Administration & 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 AL, the home state for University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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 Lee Adlaf under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.