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 19
Massachusetts
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Accounting among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | Bentley University
Waltham, MA | 138
(13.0%) |  |  | |
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| | Assumption College
Worcester, MA | 63
(11.6%) |  | | |
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| | Newbury College-Brookline
Brookline, MA | 16
(8.6%) |  |  | |
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| | Nichols College
Dudley, MA | 14
(7.3%) |  | | |
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| | Suffolk University
Boston, MA | 73
(7.0%) | | | |
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| | Merrimack College
North Andover, MA | 28
(6.5%) | | | |
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| | American International College
Springfield, MA | 16
(6.4%) | | | |
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| | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
North Dartmouth, MA | 68
(6.0%) | | | |
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| | Western New England College
Springfield, MA | 38
(5.8%) | | | |
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| | Stonehill College
Easton, MA | 26
(4.4%) | | | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.