University of Mary

Bismarck, NDPrivate nonprofit HLCUniversity of Mary Online

The University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota offers a Bachelor of Science in Accounting through the Gary Tharaldson School of Business, in online, evening and blended formats, plus a tuition-free Accounting Academy track.

Verified degree programs

1 program verified so far (1 bachelor's). The school may offer more programs than we have verified; certificates are not listed as degrees.

University of Mary

Bachelor of Science in Accounting

Bachelor'sBSDedicated degree

Campus · Fully online · Hybrid

Bismarck, NDSchool location, not a residency requirement

Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)

As little as 2.6 years depending on transferred credits (depends on transferred credits)

$510 per credit · All students — Online/evening BS in Accounting

No upcoming verified deadline

Institution accredited: HLCBusiness school: IACBE

Accounting

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Accreditation

Higher Learning Commission (HLC)
Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1969 · next review 08/31/2033
Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education
Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Business-school accreditation

IACBE — accreditedUnit: The Gary Tharaldson School of BusinessSince January 1, 2025Confirmed in the accreditor's own directory.Source: iacbe.org · verified October 26, 2026

Supplemental accounting accreditation

No separate accounting accreditation is on record. AACSB business accreditation does not mean the accounting program holds AACSB accounting accreditation.

Institutional, business-school and accounting accreditation are three different things, and one never implies another. Each record names its unit and scope as the source gives it.

Online student services

Services the university publishes for online students. Availability can depend on program and enrollment status.

Online student services: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Offerings we reviewed but do not list

This directory lists associate, bachelor's, master's and PhD programs in its subjects. These offerings were checked against official pages and fall outside that scope (certificates, associate degrees, electives-only degrees…).

Master of Business Administration - Accountancy (Master of Business Administration)Appears only in an old (2011-2012) catalog; current MBA concentrations on the program page do not include accounting.Source: mba.umary.edu · verified October 30, 2026

Institution

Official name: University of Mary
Control: Private nonprofit
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location: 7500 University Dr, Bismarck, ND 58504
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education: 997 of 3,794 students (Fall 2023)
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Sources

Last verified October 27, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.

mba.umary.edu/ — Official program page, verified October 30, 2026
IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
DAPIP — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
umary.edu/academics/undergraduate-programs/accounting — Official program page, verified October 30, 2026

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