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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 46 Ohio Colleges with the highest percentage of Accounting among the 2007-2008 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
University of Northwestern Ohio
Lima, OH
 24
(33.3%)
Open Admissions$13,518 
Notre Dame College
Cleveland, OH
 15
(15.5%)
Highly Selective$22,096 
Chancellor University
Cleveland, OH
 14
(10.2%)
 $10,910 
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Franklin University
Columbus, OH
 113
(9.7%)
Open Admissions$8,400 
Lake Erie College
Painesville, OH
 13
(8.6%)
Moderately Selective$25,220 
John Carroll University
Cleveland, OH
 42
(6.2%)
Less Selective$28,090 
Defiance College
Defiance, OH
 11
(6.1%)
Less Selective$21,830 
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Heidelberg College
Tiffin, OH
 15
(6.1%)
Less Selective$19,922 
Ohio Northern University
Ada, OH
 27
(6.0%)
Less Selective$30,765 
Miami University-Oxford
Oxford, OH
 212
(5.8%)
Less Selective$25,327 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.