Accounting at Minot State University

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

MSU is located in Minot, North Dakota and approximately 2,920 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from MSU.

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

MSU Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

MSU Accounting Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at MSU 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
	13
	90
	385
	482
	505
	666
	1,111
	1,175

Accounting Student Demographics at MSU

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

MSU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 14 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from MSU, about 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at MSU since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at MSU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

MSU 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 Minot State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	14

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• International Business
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing
• Management Information Systems

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 Minot State University.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.