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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 28 Indiana Colleges with the highest percentage of Accounting among the 2007-2008 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
 Trine University-Fort Wayne Campus
Fort Wayne, IN
 15
(23.4%)
 $7,152 
Indiana Institute of Technology
Fort Wayne, IN
 65
(15.7%)
Less Selective$20,280 
Manchester College
North Manchester, IN
 17
(9.4%)
Less Selective$22,720 
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Indiana Wesleyan University
Marion, IN
 179
(7.7%)
Less Selective$19,376 
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
 140
(6.7%)
Most Selective$34,680 
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
Saint Mary-Of-The-Woods, IN
 11
(6.3%)
 $21,550 
University of Southern Indiana
Evansville, IN
 68
(5.6%)
Less Selective$10,946 
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Purdue University-Calumet Campus
Hammond, IN
 46
(5.4%)
Less Selective$12,839 
Butler University
Indianapolis, IN
 34
(4.9%)
Less Selective$28,460 
Saint Mary's College
Notre Dame, IN
 16
(4.8%)
Less Selective$28,212 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.