Accounting at Mississippi College

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at Mississippi College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

MC is located in Clinton, Mississippi and approximately 4,667 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 students received their master's degree in accounting.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

MC Accounting Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at MC

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? MC offers distance education options for accounting at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

MC Accounting Rankings

Accounting Student Demographics at MC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Mississippi College.

MC Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 69% went to women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from MC, 66% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 34% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mississippi College with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Finance & Financial Management
• Business Administration & Management

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MS, the home state for Mississippi College.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	12,230	$38,130
Accountants and Auditors	5,460	$62,850
Financial Managers	3,670	$101,840
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1,040	$39,250
Financial Analysts	530	$74,230

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Robby Followell under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.