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Highlights of Accounting Program

  • First of 17 accounting programs in the U.S. to receive separate accounting accreditation by AACSB International (Only 3 in Alabama and currently only 169 in the world)
  • First of 5 targeted internal audit programs in the country
  • CPA exam pass rate averages 25% above the national average . Nine out of the last eleven years, one of our graduates has scored highest in the State of Alabama on the CPA exam
  • Career Placement at all worldwide Big 4 accounting firms, regional and local CPA firms along with corporations and government. We have accounting graduates all over the world
  • Twenty-eight member Accounting Advisory Council
  • Paid Internship program ($18-24 per hour) handled by Dr. Debbie Tanju (dtanju@uab.edu) with placement of approximately 60 students per year from the sophomore level on
  • Student Honor Society (Beta Alpha Psi) and National Association of Black Accountants Chapters host open meetings and banquets throughout the year along with a Meet-the-Firms Night
  • Three-fourths of the accounting professors have won campus and professional teaching awards
  • Forensic accounting and IT Auditing concentration available (CSI Birmingham)
  • Master of Accounting program
  • Starting salaries of UAB accounting graduates range from $40,000 - $50,000 and more
UAB School of Business (205) 934-8800
Business-Engineering Complex 216
1150 10th Avenue South
Mail1530 3rd Ave S Birmingham, Al 35294-4460
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