Accounting at Mount St Mary’s University

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

The Mount is located in Emmitsburg, Maryland and approximately 2,560 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from The Mount.

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

The Mount Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

The Mount Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at The Mount 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 The Mount 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
	173
	180
	187
	224
	234
	313
	477
	598
	667
	926

Accounting Student Demographics at The Mount

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Mount St Mary’s University.

The Mount Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 25 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from The Mount in 2020-2021, 64% were men and 36% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at The Mount since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at The Mount 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 Mount St Mary's University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

The Mount also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Accounting and Related Services

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 MD, the home state for Mount St Mary's University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Accountants and Auditors	25,020	$82,610
Budget Analysts	2,300	$89,940
Credit Analysts	1,310	$70,150
Business Professors	1,080	$121,280
Financial Examiners	890	$77,440

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.