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 35
North Carolina
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Accounting among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | North Carolina Wesleyan College
Rocky Mount, NC | 42
(10.9%) |  |  | |
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| | Gardner-Webb University
Boiling Springs, NC | 56
(8.1%) |  | | |
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| | Belmont Abbey College
Belmont, NC | 12
(7.7%) | | | |
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| | Guilford College
Greensboro, NC | 36
(6.9%) | |  | |
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| | Salem College
Winston Salem, NC | 10
(6.4%) | | | |
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| | Livingstone College
Salisbury, NC | 6
(5.1%) | |  | |
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| | High Point University
High Point, NC | 23
(4.8%) |  | - | |
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| | Elon University
Elon, NC | 52
(4.7%) |  | | |
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| | Greensboro College
Greensboro, NC | 7
(4.6%) | | | |
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| | Elizabeth City State University
Elizabeth City, NC | 18
(4.6%) | | | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.