Accounting at University of Houston

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at University of Houston. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UH is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 46,324. In 2019, 308 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from UH.

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

UH Accounting Degrees Available

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

UH Accounting Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at UH 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 Master’s Degree Schools	7
Most Popular Accounting Schools	10
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	91
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	208
Best Accounting Schools	227
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	342

In 2019, 192 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UH. This makes it the #7 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at UH

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

UH Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at UH awarded 308 bachelor's degrees in 2018-2019. About 42% of these degrees went to men with the other 58% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% 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 University of Houston with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	87
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	110
White	58
International Students	30
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

UH Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 192 students who graduated with a master’s in accounting from UH in 2019, 39% were men and 61% were women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 64% of degree recipients. That is 33% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	70
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	35
International Students	35
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UH 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 University of Houston.

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 RJN2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.