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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 16 Oklahoma Colleges with the highest percentage of Accounting among the 2007-2008 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
 University of Phoenix-Oklahoma City Campus
Oklahoma City, OK
 17
(14.5%)
Open Admissions$11,340 
 University of Phoenix-Tulsa Campus
Tulsa, OK
 24
(13.7%)
Open Admissions$11,340 
Cameron University
Lawton, OK
 45
(8.5%)
Open Admissions$9,742 
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Northeastern State University
Tahlequah, OK
 89
(5.8%)
Less Selective$10,245 
University of Tulsa
Tulsa, OK
 29
(5.2%)
Highly Selective$23,860 
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus
Stillwater, OK
 168
(4.4%)
Less Selective$16,556 
University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, OK
 86
(3.9%)
Moderately Selective$10,652 
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 East Central University
Ada, OK
 19
(2.9%)
Less Selective$10,286 
Northwestern Oklahoma State University
Alva, OK
 9
(2.8%)
Less Selective$10,478 
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Norman, OK
 98
(2.6%)
Less Selective$17,404 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.