Accounting at University of Maryland Global Campus

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what University of Maryland Global Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UMGC is located in Adelphi, Maryland and has a total student population of 58,526.

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

UMGC Accounting Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in Accounting (1 - 4 Years)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

UMGC Accounting Rankings

Accounting Student Demographics at UMGC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at University of Maryland Global Campus.

UMGC Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 61% went to women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 63% of degree recipients. That is 25% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	35
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	21
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Concentrations Within Accounting

If you plan to be a accounting major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Maryland Global Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting and Finance	97
Other Accounting and Related Services	46
Accounting	2

Related Majors

• International Business
• Management Information Systems
• Human Resource Management
• General Business/Commerce
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods

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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland Global Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Accountants and Auditors	25,020	$82,610
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	21,490	$45,450
Financial Managers	12,550	$152,180
Financial Analysts	5,640	$92,800
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	2,340	$51,610

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 M Chambers under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.