Accounting at University of Maryland - College Park

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

UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and approximately 40,709 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 200 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from UMCP.

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

UMCP Accounting Degrees Available

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

UMCP Accounting Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at UMCP 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
	24
	34
	45
	48
	53
	294
	711
	1,043

In 2021, 65 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UMCP. This makes it the #72 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UMCP Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMCP is $61,982. This is 34% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at UMCP

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

UMCP Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 51% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 49% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UMCP since its program graduates 9% 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 University of Maryland - College Park with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	49
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	75
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

UMCP Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 65 students who graduated with a master’s in accounting from UMCP in 2021, 32% were men and 68% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maryland - College Park with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	16
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UMCP 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Maryland - College Park. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	265

Related Majors

• General Business/Commerce
• International Business
• Marketing
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• 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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - College Park.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Accountants and Auditors	25,020	$82,610
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	21,490	$45,450
Financial Managers	12,550	$152,180
Financial Analysts	5,640	$92,800
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	2,340	$51,610

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 Bgervais under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.