Accounting at Murray State University

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

Murray State is located in Murray, Kentucky and approximately 9,449 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Murray 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.

Murray State Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Murray State Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Murray State performed in these rankings.

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 Murray 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
	351
	403
	697
	719
	761
	922
	1,164
	1,358

Earnings of Murray State Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Murray State is $40,996. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting students.

Accounting Student Demographics at Murray State

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

Murray State Accounting Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Murray State. About 70% of these graduates were women and the other 30% were men.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Murray State 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 Murray State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	29
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Murray 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

The following accounting concentations are available at Murray State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Murray State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	33

Related Majors

• Marketing
• Finance & Financial Management
• Business Administration & Management
• General Business/Commerce

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 KY, the home state for Murray State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	19,450	$37,950
Accountants and Auditors	11,160	$67,080
Financial Managers	6,190	$114,420
Financial Analysts	1,710	$69,830
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1,620	$41,290

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.