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 The University of Texas at Austin. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in accounting, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for accounting majors, UT Austin came in at #17. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #2 in Texas.
Here are some of the other rankings for UT Austin.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at UT Austin paid an average of $1,795 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $542 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $11,448 | $40,032 |
Books and Supplies | $714 | $714 |
On Campus Room and Board | $12,286 | $12,286 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $4,480 | $4,480 |
Learn more about UT Austin tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at UT Austin in Accounting walked away with an average of $17,750 in student debt. That is 33% lower than the national average of $26,527.
The median early career salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UT Austin is $54,567 per year. That is 22% higher than the national average of $44,879.
UT Austin 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 UT Austin Online Learning page.
Women made up around 48.6% of the accounting students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 50.4%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in accounting at UT Austin in 2019-2020, 43.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 31%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 68 |
Black or African American | 6 |
Hispanic or Latino | 29 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 110 |
International Students | 31 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 8 |
Accounting students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Accounting | 253 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to accounting.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Business/Commerce | 131 |
Business Administration & Management | 98 |
Finance & Financial Management | 411 |
Management Information Systems | 167 |
Marketing | 193 |
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*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.