Accounting at Metropolitan State University

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if Metropolitan State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting program.

Metro State is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and has a total student population of 7,552. Of the 562 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Metropolitan State University in 2021, 95 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.

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: 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 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
	76
	124
	214
	311
	312

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

Of the 95 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Metro State, about 49% were men and 51% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Metro State since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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.

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 MN, the home state for Metropolitan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Accountants and Auditors	22,960	$72,480
Credit Analysts	2,300	$81,070
Financial Examiners	1,720	$91,530
Business Professors	1,360	$105,380
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	1,080	$64,700

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.