Accounting at University of Maryland Global Campus

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

UMGC is located in Adelphi, Maryland and has a total student population of 58,526. Of the 2,381 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Maryland Global Campus in 2021, 243 of them were accounting majors.

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

UMGC Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at UMGC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

UMGC does offer online education options in accounting for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UMGC Accounting Rankings

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

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 UMGC 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
	16
	20
	48
	72
	151

Accounting Student Demographics at UMGC

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

UMGC Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 243 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting from UMGC in 2021, 35% were men and 65% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Global Campus with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	56
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	102
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	27

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

Related Majors

• Other Accounting and Related Services
• Accounting and Finance

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 Global Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Accountants and Auditors	25,020	$82,610
Budget Analysts	2,300	$89,940
Credit Analysts	1,310	$70,150
Business Professors	1,080	$121,280
Financial Examiners	890	$77,440

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 M Chambers under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.