Accounting and Finance at Salem State University

If you plan to study accounting and finance, 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 has a total student population of 7,242. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting and finance from Salem State.

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

Salem State Accounting and Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and Finance

Salem State Accounting and Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting and finance 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 and finance major at Salem State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting and Finance. 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
	19
	45
	51

Accounting and Finance Student Demographics at Salem State

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

Salem State Accounting and Finance Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 accounting and finance majors earned their bachelor's degree from Salem State. Of these graduates, 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical accounting and finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at Salem State since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting and finance 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 and finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Salem State also has a doctoral program available in accounting and finance. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Accounting

Careers That Accounting and Finance Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting and finance 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
Accountants and Auditors	35,360	$81,460
Financial Managers	33,880	$148,300
Financial Analysts	13,400	$105,540
Budget Analysts	1,710	$85,320

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.