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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 50 Pennsylvania Colleges with the highest percentage of Accounting among the 2007-2008 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
Washington & Jefferson College
Washington, PA
 43
(12.1%)
Highly Selective$31,496 
King's College
Wilkes Barre, PA
 49
(11.2%)
Less Selective$24,680 
Saint Francis University
Loretto, PA
 32
(9.8%)
Less Selective$24,840 
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Robert Morris University
Moon Township, PA
 75
(9.0%)
Less Selective$19,740 
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
 91
(8.3%)
Most Selective$37,550 
Saint Joseph's University
Philadelphia, PA
 88
(8.0%)
Less Selective$32,860 
Albright College
Reading, PA
 35
(7.1%)
Moderately Selective$30,570 
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Rosemont College
Rosemont, PA
 10
(6.8%)
Moderately Selective$24,530 
Villanova University
Villanova, PA
 125
(6.8%)
Highly Selective$34,320 
La Salle University
Philadelphia, PA
 58
(6.5%)
Moderately Selective$31,200 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.