Accounting at University of Maryland Eastern Shore

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at University of Maryland Eastern Shore. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UMES is located in Princess Anne, Maryland and approximately 2,646 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 4 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from UMES.

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

UMES Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

UMES Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at UMES 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 UMES 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 Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	978
	1,005
Most Popular Accounting Schools	1,732

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from UMES Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMES is $38,439. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting students.

Accounting Student Demographics at UMES

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

UMES Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from UMES in 2021, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UMES since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% 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 University of Maryland Eastern Shore with a bachelor's in accounting.

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

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

Related Majors

• Marketing
• Finance & Financial Management
• Business Administration & Management
• Hospitality 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 University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.