Accounting at Texas A&M University - Commerce

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what Texas A&M University - Commerce has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Texas A&M Commerce is located in Commerce, Texas and approximately 12,249 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,108 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University - Commerce in 2021, 62 of them were accounting majors.

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

Texas A&M Commerce Accounting Degrees Available

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

Texas A&M Commerce Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Texas A&M Commerce compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Texas A&M Commerce 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 Schools	220

In 2021, 131 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Texas A&M Commerce. This makes it the #24 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Texas A&M Commerce Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Texas A&M Commerce is $46,292. This is about the same as the yearly salary of allaccounting bachelor's degree recipients across the nation.

Accounting Student Demographics at Texas A&M Commerce

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Texas A&M University - Commerce.

Texas A&M Commerce Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Texas A&M University - Commerce with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	28
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Texas A&M Commerce Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 131 accounting students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Texas A&M Commerce, about 34% were men and 66% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Texas A&M Commerce, 51% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Texas A&M University - Commerce with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	67
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Texas A&M Commerce also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Business/Commerce
• Marketing
• Finance & Financial Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• 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 TX, the home state for Texas A&M University - Commerce.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	131,250	$41,390
Accountants and Auditors	115,270	$80,200
Financial Managers	39,580	$149,990
Financial Analysts	26,850	$94,980
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	13,300	$44,390

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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.