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Overview for Accounting

A program that prepares individuals to practice the profession of accounting and to perform related business functions. Includes instruction in accounting principles and theory, financial accounting, managerial accounting, cost accounting, budget control, tax accounting, legal aspects of accounting, auditing, reporting procedures, statement analysis, planning and consulting, business information systems, accounting research methods, professional standards and ethics, and applications to specific for-profit, public, and non-profit organizations.

Careers for Accounting Majors

A major in Accounting is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided.

Colleges Offering a Major in Accounting

Top 23 Alabama Colleges with the highest percentage of Accounting among the 2007-2008 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
Talladega College
Talladega, AL
 3
(10.3%)
Open Admissions$7,914 
Birmingham Southern College
Birmingham, AL
 22
(7.6%)
Moderately Selective$25,586 
Athens State University
Athens, AL
 56
(7.4%)
 - 
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Auburn University-Montgomery
Montgomery, AL
 47
(6.9%)
Less Selective$16,200 
Miles College
Fairfield, AL
 14
(6.4%)
Open Admissions$7,968 
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
 117
(6.1%)
Less Selective$10,352 
Samford University
Birmingham, AL
 37
(6.1%)
Less Selective$19,410 
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Troy University
Troy, AL
 130
(5.5%)
Moderately Selective$8,740 
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, AL
 45
(5.1%)
Less Selective$13,092 
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
 172
(5.1%)
Moderately Selective$18,000 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.