Accounting at Montclair State University

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

Montclair State is located in Montclair, New Jersey and has a total student population of 21,005. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 54 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.

Montclair State Accounting Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Montclair State Accounting Rankings

Accounting Student Demographics at Montclair State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Montclair State University.

Montclair State Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 54 accounting majors earned their master's degree from Montclair State. Of these graduates, 43% were men and 57% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Montclair State, 54% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	29
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Marketing
• Human Resource Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• 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 NJ, the home state for Montclair State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	43,380	$46,860
Accountants and Auditors	37,370	$90,400
Financial Managers	21,340	$175,880
Financial Analysts	10,560	$106,100
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	4,130	$47,450

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 Yurinator180 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.