Accounting at University of Maryland - College Park

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

UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and approximately 41,200 students attend the school each year. In 2019, 268 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from UMCP.

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

UMCP Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

UMCP Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at UMCP compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at UMCP 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	41
Best Accounting Schools	58
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	213
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	527

In 2019, 127 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UMCP. This makes it the #27 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at UMCP

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

UMCP Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 268 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from UMCP. Of these graduates, 52% were men and 48% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at UMCP since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	58
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	129
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UMCP Accounting Master’s Program

The accounting program at UMCP awarded 127 master's degrees in 2018-2019. About 37% of these degrees went to men with the other 63% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	14
International Students	86
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UMCP 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 University of Maryland - College Park.

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 Bgervais under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.