Accounting at University of Massachusetts Amherst

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if University of Massachusetts Amherst is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting program.

UMass Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and approximately 31,642 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 148 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.

UMass Amherst Accounting Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at UMass Amherst

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Master’s Degree

UMass Amherst Accounting Rankings

Accounting Student Demographics at UMass Amherst

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

UMass Amherst Accounting Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 148 students earned a master's degree in accounting from UMass Amherst. About 51% of these graduates were women and the other 49% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 46% men graduate in accounting each year. UMass Amherst does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from UMass Amherst, 70% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	104
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• 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 MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	45,570	$47,020
Accountants and Auditors	35,360	$81,460
Financial Managers	33,880	$148,300
Financial Analysts	13,400	$105,540
Business Professors	4,050	$126,040

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 Lion Hirth under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.