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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 12 Nebraska Colleges with the highest percentage of Accounting among the 2007-2008 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
Midland Lutheran College
Fremont, NE
 17
(10.0%)
Less Selective$22,006 
 Doane College-Lincoln Grand Island and Master
Lincoln, NE
 14
(8.5%)
Open Admissions$7,410 
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, NE
 78
(4.4%)
Less Selective$15,458 
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York College
York, NE
 3
(4.0%)
 $14,000 
Hastings College
Hastings, NE
 9
(4.0%)
Less Selective$20,782 
Doane College
Crete, NE
 6
(3.2%)
Less Selective$20,150 
Creighton University
Omaha, NE
 27
(3.0%)
Less Selective$28,542 
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Dana College
Blair, NE
 4
(2.9%)
Less Selective$20,120 
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
 80
(2.5%)
Moderately Selective$17,204 
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Lincoln, NE
 9
(2.2%)
Less Selective$21,272 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.