Accounting at McPherson College

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

McPherson College is located in McPherson, Kansas and has a total student population of 868. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from McPherson College.

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

McPherson College Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

McPherson College Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at McPherson College 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 McPherson College 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
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40
Most Focused Accounting Schools	144
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	556
	685
Best Accounting Schools	711
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	741
	980
Best Value Accounting Schools	1,204
Most Popular Accounting Schools	1,306

Accounting Student Demographics at McPherson College

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

McPherson College Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at McPherson College awarded 11 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 64% of these degrees went to men with the other 36% going to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at McPherson College since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 McPherson College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

McPherson College also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing
• 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 KS, the home state for McPherson College.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	16,100	$35,880
Accountants and Auditors	12,320	$66,530
Financial Managers	3,990	$129,660
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1,640	$44,620
Financial Analysts	1,560	$77,130

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 Lukeorama under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.