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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 8 Oregon Colleges with the highest percentage of Accounting among the 2007-2008 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
 Linfield College-Adult Degree Program
McMinnville, OR
 32
(27.4%)
 - 
Northwest Christian University
Eugene, OR
 8
(6.8%)
Moderately Selective$21,900 
Linfield College
McMinnville, OR
 16
(4.7%)
Less Selective$27,414 
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University of Portland
Portland, OR
 28
(4.0%)
Less Selective$30,450 
Portland State University
Portland, OR
 107
(3.3%)
Less Selective$18,837 
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
 115
(3.2%)
Less Selective- 
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
 65
(2.0%)
Less Selective$18,823 
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Oregon Institute of Technology
Klamath Falls, OR
 4
(0.9%)
Less Selective$16,692 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.