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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 18 Colorado Colleges with the highest percentage of Accounting among the 2007-2008 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
 College America-Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO
 6
(30.0%)
Open Admissions$16,350 
 College America-Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, CO
 3
(25.0%)
Open Admissions$14,120 
 University of Phoenix-Denver Campus
Lone Tree, CO
 36
(11.2%)
Open Admissions$12,335 
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Colorado Technical University
Greenwood Village, CO
 4
(9.5%)
Open Admissions$10,605 
Colorado Technical University Online
Colorado Springs, CO
 226
(9.1%)
Highly Selective$11,536 
Regis University
Denver, CO
 96
(7.4%)
Highly Selective$28,700 
 College America-Denver
Denver, CO
 3
(6.5%)
Open Admissions$19,208 
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 University of Phoenix-Southern Colorado Campus
Colorado Springs, CO
 6
(5.9%)
Open Admissions$11,340 
Fort Lewis College
Durango, CO
 33
(4.7%)
Moderately Selective$15,162 
Mesa State College
Grand Junction, CO
 24
(4.6%)
Less Selective$13,512 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.