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. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 71 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.

UF Accounting Degrees Available

• 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

Of the 71 students who earned a master's degree in Accounting from UF in 2020-2021, 49% were men and 51% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 46% men graduate in accounting each year. UF does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from UF, 63% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 32% of degree recipients. That is 2% 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	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	45
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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.