Accounting at Towson University

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if Towson University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting program.

Towson is located in Towson, Maryland and approximately 21,917 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 117 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Towson.

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

Towson Accounting Degrees Available

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

Towson Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Towson 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 Towson 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
	85
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	112

In 2021, 11 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Towson. This makes it the #374 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from Towson Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Towson is $57,822. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 25% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Towson

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

Towson Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 117 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Towson, about 58% were men and 42% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Towson since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Towson University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	52
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Towson Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. Towson does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Towson University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Towson 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
• Human Resource Management
• 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 MD, the home state for Towson University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Accountants and Auditors	25,020	$82,610
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	21,490	$45,450
Financial Managers	12,550	$152,180
Financial Analysts	5,640	$92,800
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	2,340	$51,610

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 Amouzone under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.