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 2021, 21 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree 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

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Messiah performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

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
	129
	138
	145
	196
	468
	521
	732

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

The accounting program at Messiah awarded 21 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 33% of these degrees went to men with the other 67% going to 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.

Related Majors

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
Accountants and Auditors	51,720	$75,250
Business Professors	5,490	$91,520
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	3,360	$48,580
Credit Analysts	2,330	$80,710
Financial Examiners	1,530	$91,850

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.