Accounting at Salem State University

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

Salem State is located in Salem, Massachusetts and approximately 7,242 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 73 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Salem 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.

Salem State Accounting Degrees Available

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

Salem State Accounting Rankings

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

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 Salem 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
	200
	312
	386
	478
	489
	525
	874

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Salem State. This makes it the #388 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Salem State

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

Salem State Accounting Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 73 students earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Salem State. About 47% of these graduates were women and the other 53% were men. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Salem State since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Salem State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	33
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Salem State Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Salem State, 70% 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 Salem State University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Salem 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

Accounting majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Salem State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	69
Accounting and Finance	14

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Management Information Systems
• International Business
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Hospitality 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 MA, the home state for Salem State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	45,570	$47,020
Accountants and Auditors	35,360	$81,460
Financial Managers	33,880	$148,300
Financial Analysts	13,400	$105,540
Business Professors	4,050	$126,040

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 Fletcher6 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.