Accounting at University of Massachusetts - Lowell

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

UMass Lowell is located in Lowell, Massachusetts and approximately 18,150 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.

UMass Lowell Accounting Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Accounting (Less Than 1 Year)
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

UMass Lowell Accounting Rankings

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Accounting Student Demographics at UMass Lowell

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

UMass Lowell Accounting Master’s Program

The accounting program at UMass Lowell awarded 19 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 58% of these degrees went to men with the other 42% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. UMass Lowell does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 16% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from UMass Lowell, 53% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 42% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• General Business/Commerce
• Finance & Financial Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Business Administration & 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 MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts - Lowell.

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.