Accounting at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

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

UMN Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and approximately 52,017 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 124 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from UMN Twin Cities.

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

UMN Twin Cities Accounting Degrees Available

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

UMN Twin Cities Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at UMN Twin Cities 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, 32 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UMN Twin Cities. This makes it the #166 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from UMN Twin Cities Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMN Twin Cities is $58,714. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 27% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at UMN Twin Cities

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.

UMN Twin Cities Accounting Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 124 students earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from UMN Twin Cities. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UMN Twin Cities since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at UMN Twin Cities are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	90
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UMN Twin Cities Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 66% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	15
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Insurance
• Construction Management
• Taxation
• International Business
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods

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 MN, the home state for University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	31,110	$44,210
Accountants and Auditors	22,960	$72,480
Financial Managers	15,610	$133,970
Financial Analysts	6,320	$93,160
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	2,550	$50,570

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 AlexiusHoratius under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.