Accounting at University of North Dakota

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

UND is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota and has a total student population of 13,615. Of the 2,097 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of North Dakota in 2021, 85 of them were accounting majors.

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

UND Accounting Degrees Available

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

UND Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at UND compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at UND 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 Master’s Degree Schools	124
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	166

In 2021, 36 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UND. This makes it the #152 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UND Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UND is $51,896. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 12% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at UND

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

UND Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 85 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from UND in 2021, 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UND since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at UND 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 North Dakota with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	75
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UND Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 36 accounting students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UND, about 42% were men and 58% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from UND, 81% 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 North Dakota with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	29
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Finance & Financial 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 ND, the home state for University of North Dakota.

Occupation	Jobs in ND	Average Salary in ND
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	5,150	$38,220
Accountants and Auditors	3,480	$61,870
Financial Managers	1,560	$123,890
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	360	$45,190
Financial Analysts	250	$82,770

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 MatthewUND under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.