Accounting at The University of Texas at Dallas

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what The University of Texas at Dallas has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UT Dallas is located in Richardson, Texas and has a total student population of 28,755. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 279 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from UT Dallas.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

UT Dallas Accounting Degrees Available

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

UT Dallas Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at UT Dallas compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at UT Dallas is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Accounting Schools	5
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	21
Most Focused Accounting Schools	73
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	105
Best Accounting Schools	262
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	275

In 2019, 326 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UT Dallas. This makes it the #2 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at UT Dallas

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

UT Dallas Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 279 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from UT Dallas in 2019, 44% were men and 56% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	95
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	54
White	83
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

UT Dallas Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 326 students graduated with a master's degree in accounting from UT Dallas. About 39% were men and 61% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	57
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	62
International Students	172
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

UT Dallas also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Dallas.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Accountants and Auditors	115,270	$80,200
Credit Analysts	7,700	$81,540
Business Professors	6,060	$110,450
Budget Analysts	4,370	$77,900
Financial Examiners	4,210	$84,350

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 Stan9999 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.