Accounting at Mount Saint Mary’s University

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what Mount Saint Mary's University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

MSMU is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 2,745 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from MSMU.

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

MSMU Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

MSMU Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at MSMU 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 MSMU 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
	807
Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	863
Best Value Accounting Schools	1,329

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from MSMU Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at MSMU is $45,513. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting students.

Accounting Student Demographics at MSMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Mount Saint Mary’s University.

MSMU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 17 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from MSMU in 2021, 6% were men and 94% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% 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 Mount Saint Mary's University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• International Business
• 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 CA, the home state for Mount Saint Mary's University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	186,970	$47,750
Accountants and Auditors	148,600	$84,430
Financial Managers	81,350	$157,480
Financial Analysts	37,900	$109,640
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	22,650	$51,520

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 Dasandman008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.