University of Houston Accounting (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Accounting and Related Services
- Public university
- Houston, TX
- About 239 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
University of Houston accounting graduates earn about what accounting graduates earn nationally, $48,942 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $14,874 in federal loans, less than at 96% of accounting programs in the country. Strong value, but not one of the highest-paying accounting degrees in Texas.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Texas and national columns are the medians across all accounting bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, University of Houston graduates earn about the national figure and about the same as the Texas median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Texas accounting program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Texas 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 47% 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 about the same in their first year as other graduates. They also borrowed less. At this program, the outcome does not look worse for students with less money.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $158 a month, or 3.9% 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. Separately, 21 parents took out Parent PLUS loans for these students, with a median of $11,231.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
95% of graduates (167 of 175) were working in Texas one year after graduating. Prices in the Houston area are about 1% below the national average, so a $48,942 salary here buys what about $49,622 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
$80,920Median pay in Texas. 116,470 people work in this job in Texas. 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
$48,910Median pay in Texas. 122,400 people work in this job in Texas. 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
$164,860Median pay in Texas. 71,870 people work in this job in Texas. 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
$99,150Median pay in Texas. 28,820 people work in this job in Texas. 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 Houston
Accounting ranks 27th of 54 bachelor's programs at University of Houston by first-year earnings. The top three are Electrical Engineering ($86,136), Nursing ($85,740), and Chemical Engineering ($84,468).
Other accounting bachelor's programs near Houston
Common questions
The median graduate earns $48,942 one year after graduating and $71,752 five years after. The median across accounting bachelor's programs in Texas is $49,187.
The median federal loan balance is $14,874, which ranks 3rd lowest of 39 accounting bachelor's programs in Texas. That works out to about $158 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 30% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 45%, and the share of borrowers in default two years into repayment is 5% or less. If the highest possible early salary is the main goal, several Texas programs report higher pay, usually with more debt.
Most do. 95% (167 of 175) were working in Texas 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 Texas 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