Accounting at Messiah University

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

Messiah is located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 3,370. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Messiah.

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

Messiah Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Messiah Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Messiah 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 Messiah 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
	150
	174
	237
	490
	503
	511
	539
	943
	966
	1,012

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from Messiah Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Messiah is $56,062. This is 21% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Messiah

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

Messiah Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from Messiah. About 33% were men and 67% were women.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Messiah 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 Messiah University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentrations Within Accounting

If you plan to be a accounting major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Messiah University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	21

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• International Business
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing
• 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 PA, the home state for Messiah University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	55,360	$40,660
Accountants and Auditors	51,720	$75,250
Financial Managers	17,730	$156,730
Financial Analysts	11,980	$93,870
Business Professors	5,490	$91,520

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 Badagnani under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.