Accounting at University of Massachusetts Amherst

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

UMass Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and approximately 31,642 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 180 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from UMass Amherst.

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

UMass Amherst Accounting Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UMass Amherst

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.

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

• Master’s Degree

UMass Amherst Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at UMass Amherst 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.

In 2021, 148 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UMass Amherst. This makes it the #19 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from UMass Amherst Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMass Amherst is $62,571. This is 35% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at UMass Amherst

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

UMass Amherst Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UMass Amherst since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at UMass Amherst are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	26
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	102
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

UMass Amherst Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 148 accounting students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UMass Amherst, about 49% were men and 51% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. UMass Amherst does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from UMass Amherst, 70% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	104
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

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

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Human Resource Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Hospitality Management
• 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 MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	45,570	$47,020
Accountants and Auditors	35,360	$81,460
Financial Managers	33,880	$148,300
Financial Analysts	13,400	$105,540
Business Professors	4,050	$126,040

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 Lion Hirth under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.