Accounting at Saint Mary’s College of California

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at Saint Mary's College of California. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SMC is located in Moraga, California and approximately 3,439 students attend the school each year.

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

SMC Accounting Degrees Available

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

SMC Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at SMC 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.

Accounting Student Demographics at SMC

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

SMC Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 29% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at SMC since its program graduates 29% more men than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at SMC are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Saint Mary's College of California with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SMC Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. SMC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 18% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Saint Mary's College of California with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

Concentrations Within Accounting

If you plan to be a accounting major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Saint Mary's College of California. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	56

Related Majors

• Business Administration & Management
• General Business/Commerce

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 Saint Mary's College of California.

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 Smcj0001 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.