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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 8 Arizona Colleges with the highest percentage of Accounting among the 2007-2008 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
 Brown Mackie College-Tucson
Tucson, AZ
 16
(23.5%)
Open Admissions$9,900 
 Western International University
Phoenix, AZ
 36
(9.0%)
Open Admissions$8,760 
 University of Phoenix-Phoenix-Hohokam Campus
Phoenix, AZ
 80
(8.9%)
Open Admissions$11,640 
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 University of Phoenix-Southern Arizona Campus
Tucson, AZ
 29
(6.9%)
Open Admissions$11,640 
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
 138
(2.5%)
Less Selective- 
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
 251
(2.3%)
Less Selective- 
 Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ
 9
(1.4%)
Less Selective$16,030 
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Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ
 40
(1.4%)
Less Selective$16,242 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.