Accounting at University of Maine

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

UMaine is located in Orono, Maine and has a total student population of 11,741. In 2021, 36 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from UMaine.

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

UMaine Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

UMaine Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how UMaine 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 UMaine 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
	522
	660
	811
	851
	947
	1,414
	1,439

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in accounting from UMaine. This is the #523 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UMaine Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMaine is $37,601. This is less than $46,292, which is the national average of all accounting majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Accounting Student Demographics at UMaine

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

UMaine Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at UMaine awarded 36 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 58% of these degrees went to men with the other 42% going to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UMaine since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at UMaine 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 University of Maine with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	33
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UMaine 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 University of Maine. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	36

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Marketing
• Finance & Financial 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 ME, the home state for University of Maine.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	7,140	$39,190
Accountants and Auditors	4,640	$70,810
Financial Managers	2,470	$119,080
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	650	$40,400
Financial Analysts	490	$79,610

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 Jalnet2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.