Accounting at Messiah University

Every accounting school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the accounting program at Messiah University stacks up to those at other schools.

Messiah is located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and approximately 3,370 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 21 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Messiah.

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

Messiah Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Messiah Accounting Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Messiah 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 Schools	174
Most Popular Accounting Basic Certificate Schools	503
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	511
Most Popular Accounting Schools	943
Best Value Accounting Schools	966

Earnings of Messiah Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Messiah is $56,062. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 21% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Messiah

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

Messiah Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 21 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Messiah, about 33% were men and 67% were women.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Messiah 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 Messiah University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• International Business
• 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 PA, the home state for Messiah University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	55,360	$40,660
Accountants and Auditors	51,720	$75,250
Financial Managers	17,730	$156,730
Financial Analysts	11,980	$93,870
Business Professors	5,490	$91,520

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 Badagnani under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.