Accounting at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what New Mexico State University - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and approximately 14,227 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 59 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from NMSU Main Campus.

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

NMSU Main Campus Accounting Degrees Available

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

NMSU Main Campus Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at NMSU Main Campus 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 NMSU Main Campus 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 Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	395
	1,310

In 2021, 22 students received their master’s degree in accounting from NMSU Main Campus. This makes it the #235 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of NMSU Main Campus Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at NMSU Main Campus is $33,074. This is less than $46,292, which is the national average of all accounting majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Accounting Student Demographics at NMSU Main Campus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

NMSU Main Campus Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 59 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from NMSU Main Campus in 2020-2021, 49% were men and 51% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at NMSU Main Campus since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 New Mexico State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	33
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NMSU Main Campus Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students graduated with a master's degree in accounting from NMSU Main Campus. About 36% were men and 64% were women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 64% of degree recipients. That is 28% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico State University - Main Campus with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• International Business
• Hospitality Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• General Business/Commerce
• Marketing

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 NM, the home state for New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	7,540	$37,600
Accountants and Auditors	6,050	$66,370
Financial Managers	2,250	$104,790
Financial Analysts	1,010	$103,040
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	730	$39,050

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 AllenS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.