Accounting at Metropolitan State University

Every accounting school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the accounting program at Metropolitan State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Metro State is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and approximately 7,552 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 95 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Metro State.

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

Metro State Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Metro State Accounting Rankings

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

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 Metro State 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
	19
	107
	142
	142
	238
	275
	365
	391

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from Metro State Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Metro State is $49,903. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 8% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Metro State

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

Metro State Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at Metro State awarded 95 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 49% of these degrees went to men with the other 51% going to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Metro State since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Metropolitan State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	47
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Metro State 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Metropolitan State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	95

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• International Business
• Marketing
• Finance & Financial Management
• Human Resource 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 MN, the home state for Metropolitan State University.

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 Tony Webster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.