The main focus area for this major is Accounting. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Accounting is a major offered under the business, management and marketing program of study at University of Utah. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in accounting, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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BS in Business Administration - Accounting
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. U of U was ranked #188 on College Factual's most recent list of the best schools for accounting majors. This puts the bachelor's program at the school solidly in the top 15% of all colleges and universities in the country. It is also ranked #2 in Utah.
Here are some of the other rankings for U of U.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at U of U paid an average of $807 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $235 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $7,412 | $26,017 |
Fees | $1,203 | $1,203 |
Books and Supplies | $1,322 | $1,322 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,201 | $10,201 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $4,140 | $4,140 |
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One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Accounting students who received their bachelor’s degree at U of U took out an average of $17,371 in student loans. That is 35% lower than the national average of $26,527.
The median early career salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor’s degree from U of U is $50,606 per year. That is 13% higher than the national average of $44,879.
U of U does not offer an online option for its accounting bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the U of U Online Learning page.
Women made up around 33.8% of the accounting students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 50.4%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in accounting at U of U in 2019-2020, 17.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 31%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 14 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 12 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 124 |
International Students | 7 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Accounting students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Accounting | 160 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to accounting.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Business Administration & Management | 213 |
Entrepreneurial Studies | 20 |
Finance & Financial Management | 147 |
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 26 |
Marketing | 123 |
*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.
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