Accounting at Salisbury University

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

Salisbury is located in Salisbury, Maryland and approximately 8,567 students attend the school each year. Of the 332 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Salisbury University in 2019, 40 of them were accounting majors.

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

Salisbury Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Salisbury Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Salisbury performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Salisbury is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	136
Best Accounting Schools	158
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	366
Most Popular Accounting Schools	481
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	676
Most Focused Accounting Schools	919

Accounting Student Demographics at Salisbury

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

Salisbury Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 40 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from Salisbury. About 62% were men and 38% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Salisbury since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Salisbury are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	29
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Salisbury also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 Salisbury University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Accountants and Auditors	25,020	$82,610
Budget Analysts	2,300	$89,940
Credit Analysts	1,310	$70,150
Business Professors	1,080	$121,280
Financial Examiners	890	$77,440

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 Kane5187 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.