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.
| A major in Accounting is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 11
Connecticut
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Accounting among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | Post University
Waterbury, CT | 23
(11.2%) |  |  | |
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| | Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT | 68
(7.7%) | | - | |
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| | University of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, CT | 16
(5.9%) | | | |
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| | Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT | 92
(5.6%) | | | |
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| | Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, CT | 47
(5.5%) | |  | |
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| | Eastern Connecticut State University
Willimantic, CT | 48
(5.0%) | | | |
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| | Western Connecticut State University
Danbury, CT | 36
(4.5%) | | | |
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| | University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT | 161
(3.5%) | | | |
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| | University of Hartford
West Hartford, CT | 30
(3.1%) | | | |
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| | University of New Haven
West Haven, CT | 16
(2.8%) | | | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.