University of Central Oklahoma Accounting (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Accounting and Related Services
- Public university
- Edmond, OK
- About 64 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
University of Central Oklahoma accounting graduates earn about what accounting graduates earn nationally, $56,889 in their first year. Debt is high. The typical graduate leaves with $27,273 in federal loans, more than at 83% of accounting programs in the country. One other Oklahoma program reports higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Oklahoma and national columns are the medians across all accounting bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, University of Central Oklahoma graduates earn more than the national figure but about $8,900 less than the Oklahoma median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Oklahoma accounting program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Oklahoma medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 31% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Does family income change the outcome?
Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned slightly more in their first year than other graduates, but borrowed more: a median of $29,312 against $26,500.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $289 a month, or 6.1% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
91% of graduates (64 of 70) were working in Oklahoma one year after graduating. Prices in the Oklahoma City area are about 10% below the national average, so a $56,889 salary here buys what about $62,925 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to accounting, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Accountants and Auditors
$79,370Median pay in Oklahoma. 16,720 people work in this job in Oklahoma. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 115,300 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
$46,180Median pay in Oklahoma. 16,490 people work in this job in Oklahoma. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 144,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: some college, no degree.
Financial Managers
$132,460Median pay in Oklahoma. 6,670 people work in this job in Oklahoma. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 10% from 2025 to 2035, with about 65,600 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
Financial and Investment Analysts
$79,640Median pay in Oklahoma. 1,550 people work in this job in Oklahoma. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 24,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
About University of Central Oklahoma
Accounting ranks 6th of 35 bachelor's programs at University of Central Oklahoma by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($71,438), Mechanical Engineering ($71,362), and Electrical Engineering ($69,156).
Other accounting bachelor's programs near Edmond
Common questions
The median graduate earns $56,889 one year after graduating and $74,550 five years after. The median across accounting bachelor's programs in Oklahoma is $49,823.
The median federal loan balance is $27,273, which ranks 5th lowest of 6 accounting bachelor's programs in Oklahoma. That works out to about $289 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 48% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 45%. Compare the cost with other Oklahoma programs before deciding.
Most do. 91% (64 of 70) were working in Oklahoma one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Oklahoma comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the accounting program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024