Accounting at University of Maine

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

UMaine is located in Orono, Maine and approximately 11,741 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,012 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Maine in 2021, 36 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.

UMaine Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

UMaine Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at UMaine 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 UMaine 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 Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	947
Most Focused Accounting Schools	1,414

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in accounting from UMaine. This is the #523 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from UMaine Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMaine is $37,601. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting students.

Accounting Student Demographics at UMaine

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

UMaine Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 36 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UMaine, 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 UMaine since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at UMaine are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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

UMaine 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
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Marketing
• Finance & Financial 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 ME, the home state for University of Maine.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	7,140	$39,190
Accountants and Auditors	4,640	$70,810
Financial Managers	2,470	$119,080
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	650	$40,400
Financial Analysts	490	$79,610

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 Jalnet2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.