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 at Buffalo. 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. University at Buffalo was ranked #183 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 #17 in New York.
Here are some of the other rankings for University at Buffalo.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at University at Buffalo paid an average of $1,031 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $295 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 | $7,070 | $24,740 |
Fees | $3,456 | $3,456 |
Books and Supplies | $1,202 | $1,202 |
On Campus Room and Board | $14,136 | $14,136 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,804 | $2,804 |
Learn more about University at Buffalo tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Accounting students who received their bachelor’s degree at University at Buffalo took out an average of $21,500 in student loans. That is 19% lower than the national average of $26,527.
accounting who receive their bachelor’s degree from University at Buffalo make an average of $44,691 a year during the early days of their career. That is about the same as the national average of $44,879.
Online degrees for the University at Buffalo accounting bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the University at Buffalo Online Learning page.
About 41.2% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in accounting in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 50.4%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in accounting at University at Buffalo in 2019-2020, 30.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 31%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 29 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 8 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 69 |
International Students | 15 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 10 |
Accounting students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Accounting | 131 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to accounting.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Business Administration & Management | 770 |
International Business | 66 |
*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.