Accounting at Mississippi College

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at Mississippi College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

MC is located in Clinton, Mississippi and approximately 4,667 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 46 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from MC.

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

MC Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at MC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

MC does offer online education options in accounting for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

MC Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at MC 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 MC 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
	50
	54
	78
	94
	228
	265
	313
	397
	432
	448
	557

In 2021, 29 students received their master’s degree in accounting from MC. This makes it the #184 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from MC Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at MC is $43,337. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting students.

Accounting Student Demographics at MC

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

MC Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 46 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from MC, about 54% were men and 46% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at MC since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at MC 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 Mississippi College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	34
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

MC Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 29 students who graduated with a master’s in accounting from MC in 2021, 31% were men and 69% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from MC, 66% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mississippi College with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

MC 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 Mississippi College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	67
Accounting and Business/Management	8

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Management Information Systems
• 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 MS, the home state for Mississippi College.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	12,230	$38,130
Accountants and Auditors	5,460	$62,850
Financial Managers	3,670	$101,840
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1,040	$39,250
Financial Analysts	530	$74,230

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 Robby Followell under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.