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.
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Top 39
Illinois
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Accounting among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | Midstate College
Peoria, IL | 7
(18.9%) | |  | |
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| | University of Illinois at Springfield
Springfield, IL | 66
(9.6%) |  | | |
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| | Illinois College
Jacksonville, IL | 19
(8.8%) | |  | |
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| | Northeastern Illinois University
Chicago, IL | 98
(6.5%) |  | | |
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| | DePaul University
Chicago, IL | 187
(6.4%) |  |  | |
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| | McKendree University
Lebanon, IL | 37
(6.3%) | | | |
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| | Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, IL | 27
(5.8%) | | | |
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| | Aurora University
Aurora, IL | 28
(5.6%) | | | |
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| | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL | 407
(5.6%) | | | |
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| | Roosevelt University
Chicago, IL | 51
(5.3%) |  | | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.