Accounting at University of Florida

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

UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and approximately 53,372 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.

UF Accounting Degrees Available

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

UF Accounting Rankings

Accounting Student Demographics at UF

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

UF Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. UF does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 15% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from UF, 55% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	41
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 Florida. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	71

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Finance & Financial Management
• Real Estate
• 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 FL, the home state for University of Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	97,300	$40,220
Accountants and Auditors	71,940	$71,790
Financial Managers	29,050	$132,850
Financial Analysts	13,400	$78,280
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	7,520	$42,520

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 DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.