Accounting at University of North Dakota

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

UND is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota and approximately 13,615 students attend the school each year. Of the 293 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of North Dakota in 2021, 85 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.

UND Accounting Degrees Available

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

UND Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how UND 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 UND 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
	118
	124
	151
	160
	166
	200
	205
	205
	221
	258
	375
	401
	509

In 2021, 36 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UND. This makes it the #152 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from UND Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UND is $51,896. This is 12% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at UND

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

UND Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 85 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from UND. Of these graduates, 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UND since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at UND 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 North Dakota with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	75
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UND Accounting Master’s Program

The accounting program at UND awarded 36 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 42% of these degrees went to men with the other 58% going to women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from UND, 81% 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 University of North Dakota with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	29
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UND 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 North Dakota. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	109
Accounting and Finance	12

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing

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 ND, the home state for University of North Dakota.

Occupation	Jobs in ND	Average Salary in ND
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	5,150	$38,220
Accountants and Auditors	3,480	$61,870
Financial Managers	1,560	$123,890
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	360	$45,190
Financial Analysts	250	$82,770

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 MatthewUND under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.