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 18
New Jersey
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Accounting among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | Rutgers University-Newark
Newark, NJ | 140
(11.8%) |  |  | |
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| | Rider University
Lawrenceville, NJ | 82
(9.2%) |  |  | |
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| | Rutgers University-Camden
Camden, NJ | 74
(8.2%) | | | |
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| | Saint Peters College
Jersey City, NJ | 35
(7.7%) | | | |
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| | Caldwell College
Caldwell, NJ | 13
(5.2%) | | | |
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| | Kean University
Union, NJ | 92
(4.8%) | |  | |
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| | William Paterson University of New Jersey
Wayne, NJ | 73
(4.6%) | | | |
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| | Bloomfield College
Bloomfield, NJ | 12
(4.3%) |  | | |
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| | Ramapo College of New Jersey
Mahwah, NJ | 53
(4.3%) |  | | |
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| | Georgian Court University
Lakewood, NJ | 16
(3.9%) | | | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.