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.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at UMGC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

UMGC does offer online education options in accounting for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UMGC Accounting 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.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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	22
Black or African American	50
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	88
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	23

Related Majors

• Other Accounting and Related Services
• Accounting and Finance

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
Budget Analysts	2,300	$89,940
Credit Analysts	1,310	$70,150
Business Professors	1,080	$121,280
Financial Examiners	890	$77,440

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.