Accounting Degree Courses in the UK - Bachelor & Master

Program University Student satis­faction Unem­ployed Drop­out Tuition (UK) Tuition (Inter­national) UCAS Tariff City
Accounting and Finance BAEcon The University of Manchester - 10% 2% £9250 - 148 Manchester On campus Full-time
Accounting and Finance MPhil The University of Manchester - - - - - - Manchester On campus Full-time
Accounting and Finance MSc The University of Manchester - - - - - - Manchester On campus Full-time
Accounting BSc (Hons) The University of Manchester 89% 10% 5% £9250 - 154 Manchester On campus Full-time
Business Accounting with Industrial/Professional Experience - Flying Start Degree Programme BSc The University of Manchester 90% 10% 3% £9250 - 168 Manchester On campus Full-time
Accounting with Industrial/Professional Experience BSc (Hons) The University of Manchester 57% 10% 0% £9250 - 176 Manchester On campus Full-time
Accounting MSc The University of Manchester - - - - - - Manchester On campus Full-time
Accounting & Finance BA (Hons) University of Strathclyde 95% 5% 8% £9250 £19600 203 Glasgow On campus Full-time
Accounting and Finance and Computing BSc (Hons) Aberystwyth University 89% 0% 8% £9000 £16520 112 Aberystwyth On campus Full-time
Accounting & Finance and Musical Theatre (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 73% 0% 5% £9250 £12500 113 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Accounting and Finance with Law BA (Hons) University of Abertay Dundee 82% 0% 15% £9250 £15000 159 Dundee On campus Full-time
Finance, Accounting and Management with a Placement Year BSc (Hons) The University of Nottingham 81% 3% 0% £9250 £20500 154 Nottingham On campus Full-time
Accounting and Financial Management and Economics BA (Hons) The University of Sheffield 79% 6% 5% £9250 £22680 135 Sheffield On campus Full-time
Accounting & Finance and Film & Visual Culture (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 38% 0% 5% £9250 £12500 113 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Accounting and Finance/Economics BSc (Hons) Aberystwyth University 88% 10% 5% £9000 £16520 110 Aberystwyth On campus Full-time
Accounting and Finance BSc (Hons) Teesside University 74% 5% 15% £9250 £15000 £17000 109 Middlesbrough On campus Full-time Sandwich
Accounting and Finance BA (Hons) University of Derby 62% 0% 0% £9250 £14900 121 Derby On campus Full-time
Accounting & Finance and Film & Visual Culture BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 84% 0% 5% £9250 £12500 113 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Law with options in Accountancy LLB (Hons) University of Aberdeen 88% 4% 4% £9250 £21900 £20800 203 Aberdeen On campus Full-time
Accounting & Finance and Economics (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 76% 0% 5% £9250 £12500 115 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Accounting and Finance and Law (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 83% 10% 6% £9250 £12500 108 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Accounting with Placement Year BA (Hons) University of Wales 80% 8% 20% £9000 £13500 129 Cardiff On campus Full-time Sandwich
Accountancy and Finance BSc (Hons) Southampton Solent University 87% 5% 5% £9250 £15000 £16125 97 Southampton On campus Full-time
Accounting (Including Placement Year) BSc (Hons) University of Essex - 8% 3% £9250 £20500 114 Colchester On campus Full-time Sandwich
Accounting & Hospitality and Tourism Management BA (Hons) University of Strathclyde 95% 5% 20% £9250 £19600 198 Glasgow On campus Full-time
Accounting & Finance and Information Technology (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 95% 0% 10% £9250 £12500 112 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Accounting & Finance and Nutrition (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 76% 0% 10% £9250 £12500 115 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Accounting & Finance BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 38% 0% 5% £9250 £12500 125 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Accounting & Finance and Sport & Physical Education (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 84% 0% 13% £9250 £12500 123 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Accounting BSc (Hons) Durham University - 10% 3% £9250 £9250 £26250 £27600 146 Durham On campus Full-time
Mathematics and Accounting and Finance with a Year in Industry BSc (Hons) University of Kent 84% 2% 13% £9250 £18000 116 Canterbury On campus Full-time
Accounting and Finance BSc (Hons) Aston University - 4% 0% £9250 £18250 141 Birmingham On campus Full-time Sandwich
Accounting & Economics BA (Hons) University of Strathclyde 93% 0% 10% £9250 £19600 207 Glasgow On campus Full-time
Accounting and Management BA (Hons) Durham University 67% 0% 3% £9250 £9250 £26250 £27600 152 Durham On campus Full-time
Management with Accounting BSc (Hons) Royal Holloway, University of London 94% 5% 0% £9250 £21000 148 Egham On campus Full-time
Accounting and Finance BA (Hons) Cardiff Metropolitan University - 10% 5% £9000 £15000 £16000 107 Cardiff On campus Full-time
Accounting and Management with Study Abroad BSc University of Bristol 69% 10% 5% £9250 £26400 138 Bristol On campus Full-time
Accounting and Finance (with placement) BA (Hons) University of Gloucestershire - 5% 10% £9250 £15000 £15450 115 Cheltenham On campus Full-time Sandwich
Mathematics and Accounting and Financial Management (with placement year) BSc (Hons) Loughborough University of Technology 47% 5% 0% £9250 £22000 180 Loughborough On campus Full-time Sandwich
Accounting & Finance and Computer Science (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 95% 15% 9% £9250 £12500 122 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Accounting and Finance (Including Year Abroad) BSc (Hons) University of Essex - 8% 3% £9250 £20500 114 Colchester On campus Full-time
Business Accounting & Finance BA (Hons) University of Derby 62% 0% 15% £9250 £14900 118 Derby On campus Full-time
Computing with Accounting and Finance (with integrated Foundation) BSc (Hons) The University of Buckingham 84% 15% 15% £40070 £64112 117 Buckingham On campus Full-time
Economics and Accounting MA (Hons) The University of Edinburgh 88% 4% 0% £9250 £26500 213 Edinburgh On campus Full-time
Accounting and Finance BSc (Hons) University of Bristol 72% 0% 6% £9250 £26400 151 Bristol On campus Full-time
Accounting BAcc (Hons) University of the West of Scotland 85% 5% 5% £9250 £14500 127 Paisley On campus Full-time
Accountancy and Finance MA (Hons) Heriot-Watt University - 2% 2% £9250 £18704 194 Edinburgh On campus Full-time
Accounting & Finance and Law BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 76% 10% 6% £9250 £12500 108 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Accounting and Management BSc (Hons) University of Bristol 72% 3% 25% £9250 £26400 166 Bristol On campus Full-time
Accounting & Finance and Psychology (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 80% 5% 8% £9250 £12500 117 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Accounting and Finance BA (Hons) Durham University 85% 20% 4% £9250 £9250 £26250 £27600 136 Durham On campus Full-time
Accounting with French BSc (Hons) Queen's University of Belfast - 0% 4% £9250 £20800 161 Belfast On campus Full-time
Accountancy and Mathematics BSc (Hons) University of Dundee 66% 5% 5% £9250 £20900 £20600 172 Dundee On campus Full-time
Accounting & Finance BA (Hons) The University of Winchester 82% 10% 15% £9250 £16700 126 Winchester On campus Full-time
Accountancy BA (Hons) Glasgow Caledonian University 85% 3% 6% £9250 £9250 £14500 £15200 190 Glasgow On campus Full-time
Accounting and Finance with Foundation Year BA (Hons) University of West London 78% 10% 10% £9250 £16250 68 Ealing On campus Full-time
Accounting and Finance with a Year in Business BSc (Hons) Royal Holloway, University of London - 5% 5% £9250 £21000 132 Egham On campus Full-time Sandwich
Finance and Accounting with Foundation Year BSc (Hons) Buckinghamshire New University - 0% 20% £9250 £15000 91 High Wycombe On campus Full-time
Accountancy BAcc University of Dundee 87% 0% 7% £9250 £20900 £21900 166 Dundee On campus Full-time
Accounting & Finance and Mathematics (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 72% 5% 10% £9250 £12500 112 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Accounting & Finance and Business Management (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 84% 5% 0% £9250 £12500 108 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Finance and Accounting BSc (Hons) Anglia Ruskin University 75% 10% 5% £9250 £11000 91 Cambridge On campus Full-time
Management with Accounting (Year in Business) BSc (Hons) Royal Holloway, University of London - 5% 10% £9250 £21000 141 Egham On campus Full-time Sandwich
Accounting & Finance and Creative Writing BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 80% 0% 5% £9250 £12500 108 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Accounting and Management (Including Year Abroad) BSc (Hons) University of Essex - 5% 9% £9250 £20500 119 Colchester On campus Full-time
Accounting and Finance with a Year in Industry BSc (Hons) University of East Anglia 92% 5% 15% £9250 £20600 148 Norwich On campus Full-time Sandwich
Accounting & Finance and Philosophy & Ethics (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 95% 0% 5% £9250 £12500 112 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Accounting and Finance (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) The University of Winchester 81% 10% 45% £9250 £16700 118 Winchester On campus Full-time
Accounting & Finance and Politics (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 87% 0% 0% £9250 £12500 105 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Accounting and Finance and Economics with a Year in Industry BSc (Hons) University of Kent - 5% 0% £9250 £18600 129 Canterbury On campus Full-time
Law and Accounting and Finance (4 years) LLB (Hons) University of Kent 40% 5% 4% £9250 £18000 118 Canterbury On campus Full-time
Accounting & Finance and Economics BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 76% 0% 5% £9250 £12500 115 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Economics with Accounting BSc (Hons) City University London - 10% 4% £9250 £20860 124 London On campus Full-time
Business and Management (Accounting) - Professional Placement Year BA (Hons) Bath Spa University 53% 3% 23% £9250 £15750 124 Bath On campus Full-time Sandwich
Accounting & Finance BA (Hons) Bournemouth University - 0% 14% £9250 £17800 110 Poole On campus Full-time Sandwich
Accounting and Financial Management (with study abroad) BSc (Hons) University of Hull 40% 0% 2% £9250 £15400 124 Hull On campus Full-time
Mathematics and Accounting and Financial Management BSc (Hons) Loughborough University of Technology 47% 5% 0% £9250 £22000 180 Loughborough On campus Full-time
Business & Management with Accounting & Finance BSc (Hons) Edge Hill University 87% 0% 5% £9250 £16500 133 Ormskirk On campus Full-time
Accounting & Finance and Media & Communication (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 66% 0% 5% £9250 £12500 113 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Accounting and Finance MA (Hons) The University of Edinburgh 76% 5% 0% £9250 £26500 195 Edinburgh On campus Full-time
Accounting & Finance and Psychology BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 91% 5% 8% £9250 £12500 121 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Accounting and Management With Placement Experience BA (Hons) University of Reading 77% 0% 15% £9250 £22350 135 Reading On campus Full-time Sandwich
Accountancy and Finance MA (Hons) University of Aberdeen - 0% 0% £9250 £21900 £20800 180 Aberdeen On campus Full-time
Accounting & Finance (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Bournemouth University 76% 0% 11% £9250 £17800 59 Poole On campus Full-time Sandwich
Mathematics, Statistics and Accounting BSc (Hons) University of Strathclyde 94% 0% 10% £9250 £19600 225 Glasgow On campus Full-time
Computing with Accounting and Finance BSc (Hons) The University of Buckingham 96% 15% 15% £27750 £44400 117 Buckingham On campus Full-time
Accounting and Finance (with optional placement year) BA (Hons) University of Chichester - 3% 5% £9250 £15840 £16344 145 Chichester On campus Full-time
Accounting and Finance BA (Hons) University of West London 52% 5% 5% £9250 £16250 107 Ealing On campus Full-time
Accounting & Finance and Politics BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 80% 0% 0% £9250 £12500 105 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Accounting with Spanish BSc (Hons) Queen's University of Belfast 91% 0% 4% £9250 £20800 162 Belfast On campus Full-time
Accounting and Finance/Business and Management BSc (Hons) Aberystwyth University 77% 10% 10% £9000 £16520 124 Aberystwyth On campus Full-time
Accounting & Finance (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 82% 15% 9% £9250 £12500 118 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Accounting and Management (Including Placement Year) BSc (Hons) University of Essex - 5% 9% £9250 £20500 119 Colchester On campus Full-time Sandwich
Accounting HND University of the Highlands and Islands 60% 0% 25% £7110 £7110 £7980 £8775 143 Inverness On campus Full-time
Accounting and Management BSc (Hons) University of Essex - 5% 5% £9250 £20500 119 Colchester On campus Full-time
Accounting and Financial Management (with placement year) BSc (Hons) Loughborough University of Technology 85% 3% 6% £9250 £24000 152 Loughborough On campus Full-time Sandwich
Mathematics and Accounting and Finance BSc (Hons) University of Kent 84% 2% 13% £9250 £18000 116 Canterbury On campus Full-time
Accounting & Finance and Business Management BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 74% 5% 0% £9250 £12500 114 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Accounting and Finance BA (Hons) University of Gloucestershire 67% 5% 0% £9250 £15000 £15450 115 Cheltenham On campus Full-time
Accounting and Finance (Sandwich course) BA (Hons) University of South Wales 61% 9% 6% £9000 £12600 110 Pontypridd On campus Full-time Sandwich
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Student Reviews

Overall student satisfaction
57 /100
19451 total respondents

Primarily based on data from undergraduate degree students.

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Source: National Student Survey NSS 2024. The Overall student satisfaction data point is from 2022 (latest available year). The Office for Students made the unfortunate decision to discontinue collecting overall student satisfaction data points per course.
The NSS is commissioned by the Office for Students

Salary

Primarily based on salary data of undergraduate students

Salary of all UK Graduates of Accounting

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £24004 £24688 £29948
25-75 percentile range £20982 - £28114 £19094 - £31741 £22540 - £40187
Source: Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) by UK Department for Education Aug 27, 2024
All Accounting courses in the UK

Salary of all UK Graduates of all subjects

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £24740 £26525 £33020
25-75 percentile range £21908 - £28217 £21189 - £32431 £25890 - £42014
Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Aug 27, 2024

Jobs & Career Perspectives

Career perspectives for Accounting

15 months after graduation, graduates of this subject were asked about their current circumstances of employment, what they do, and whether their activities and perspectives are directly related to their studies.

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Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Aug 27, 2024

Current jobs

Among graduates of Accounting who indicated that they are working, the percentage below represents the number who “agree” or “strongly agree” with the statements about their job.

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Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Aug 27, 2024

Typical employers for graduates of Accounting

  • Accountancy Firms
  • Building Societies
  • High Street Banks
  • Insurance Companies
  • Investment Banks
  • Management Consultancies
  • Public Sector Employers

Specialisations within Accounting

  • Cost accounting
  • Environmental accounting
  • Financial accounting
  • Forensic accounting
  • Management accounting
  • Public accounting
  • Sports accounting
  • Taxation

Jobs of graduates of Accounting (15 months after graduation)

Example below based on all graduates of Accounting at Anglia Ruskin University

50% Finance Professionals
35% Administrative occupations
10% Caring personal services
10% Managers, directors and senior officials
Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Aug 27, 2024

Entry Requirements / Admissions

UCAS Tariff of Accepted Students for Accounting

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Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Aug 27, 2024
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FAQ

Accounting is the study of the process of, and systems used in, producing financial statements, and how they affect, and are affected by, individuals, organisations, markets, society and the environment.

The median salary of graduates of Accounting was £24004 15 months after graduation, £24688 3 years after graduation and £29948 5 years after graduation.

  • The following degrees are offered for Accounting studies:
  • Bachelor of Arts in Economics - BAEcon
  • Master of Philosophy - MPhil
  • Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
  • Master of Science - MSc
  • Bachelor of Science (Honours) - BSc (Hons)
  • Bachelor of Science - BSc
  • Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - BA (Hons)
  • Bachelor of Law (Honours) - LLB (Hons)
  • Master of Arts (Honours) - MA (Hons)
  • Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) - BAcc (Hons)
  • Bachelor of Accountancy - BAcc
  • Higher National Diploma - HND