Accounting at University of Maryland Global Campus

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

UMGC is located in Adelphi, Maryland and approximately 58,526 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 243 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from UMGC.

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

UMGC Accounting Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in Accounting (1 - 4 Years)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at UMGC

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UMGC offers distance education options for accounting at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UMGC Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how UMGC performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at UMGC 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 Value Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	23
	24
Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	25
	50
Most Focused Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	87
Best Accounting Schools	221
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	733

In 2021, 143 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UMGC. This makes it the #21 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UMGC Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMGC is $50,215. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 8% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at UMGC

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

UMGC Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 243 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from UMGC. Of these graduates, 35% were men and 65% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Global Campus with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	56
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	102
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	27

UMGC Accounting Master’s Program

The accounting program at UMGC awarded 143 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 42% of these degrees went to men with the other 58% going to women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 56% of degree recipients. That is 20% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	51
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	38
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

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

Related Majors

• International Business
• General Sales & Marketing
• Management Information Systems
• General Business/Commerce
• Marketing

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 Global Campus.

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 M Chambers under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.