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Accounting and Finance Graduate Outcomes

Graduate Outcomes 2022/23 for full-time UK domiciled first degree Accounting and Finance graduates - 15 months after Bath.

Courses included on this page

On this page find Graduate Outcomes Survey data for 2022/23 leavers for the following course(s):

  • Accounting and Finance BSc

Note: Information not yet available for Accounting and Management BSc (course started 2023/24) or Finance BSc (course started 2026/27)

Example job titles

  • Accounts Trainee
  • Actuarial Assistant
  • Audit Associate
  • Corporate Finance Analyst
  • Debt Advisory Associate
  • Foreign Exchange Options Broker
  • Impact Bid Manager
  • Insurance Broker
  • Management Accounts Assistant
  • Management Consultant
  • Private Equity Analyst
  • Risk Consultant

Example employers

  • Aspect Capital
  • CIL Management Consultants
  • Deloitte
  • EY
  • Forvis Mazars
  • Grant Thornton
  • KPMG
  • PRGX
  • PwC
  • Sainsbury Supermarkets
  • Scott Symes Wealth Management
  • Tradition Financial Services
  • XPS Pensions Group

Response rates to survey

Response rate
Total in 2022/23 cohort 1 80
% response rate 52%

Graduate Outcomes by activity

Activity summary Percentage
Work for an employer 2 88%
Further study, training or research 2%
Self-employed/own business
Other 3 7%
Unemployed 4 2%
Total 5 100%

Occupations, industries and skills

Studies in Accounting and Finance provide broad-based training in core management areas, opening career opportunities across financial sectors. Graduates develop essential employability skills including teamwork, analytical thinking and problem-solving, alongside specialist knowledge in economics, mathematics, statistics, law, accounting and finance. This comprehensive skill set enables them to work effectively in national and multinational companies.

Industries

Accounting and Finance graduates work across the business and finance sectors, particularly in multinational professional services firms, accountancy practices, investment banking, asset management, strategy consultancies, and commercial organisations. Some graduates pursue opportunities in the nonprofit sector. The programme provides a strong foundation for those seeking professional accountancy qualifications, equipping them with excellent analytical, numerical and problem-solving capabilities.

Occupations

In finance and accounting, graduates typically begin in trainee, assistant, associate or analyst positions within accountancy, audit, wealth management, assurance, tax and investment banking. Their expertise also translates well to consultancy, procurement, supply chain management, business operations and technology roles.

Graduate Outcomes explained

The Graduate Outcomes Survey is the UK's largest social survey, capturing the activities and perspectives of graduates 15 months after graduation. The 四虎影院 has an excellent graduate employment record, featuring in the top ten for graduate prospects in three major national league tables 6. Read more about the survey and overall statistics for Bath's graduates on What do first degree Bath graduates do?

Source: HESA Graduate Outcomes Survey for 2022/23 leavers relating to full-time UK-domiciled first-degree 四虎影院 graduates, 15 months after leaving university.

Copyright Higher Education Statistics Agency Limited part of Jisc 2025. Jisc cannot accept responsibility for any inferences or conclusions derived by third parties from its data.

  1. Number rounded to the nearest multiple of five. 

  2. Includes paid and unpaid work and voluntary work.  

  3. Includes developing a creative, artistic or professional portfolio, taking time out to travel, caring for someone (unpaid), retired, or doing something else.  

  4. Unemployed may include those due to start work or further study.  

  5. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. Activity defined using HESA MIMPACT: identifies what the graduate considered to be their most important activity on census week. 

  6. 6th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026, 6th in the Complete University Guide 2026, and 6th in the Guardian University Guide 2026.  

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