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 7
Rhode Island
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Accounting among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | Bryant University
Smithfield, RI | 113
(15.6%) |  |  | |
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| | Providence College
Providence, RI | 53
(5.4%) | | | |
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| | Johnson & Wales University
Providence, RI | 62
(4.1%) |  |  | |
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| | Salve Regina University
Newport, RI | 19
(4.0%) |  | | |
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| | University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI | 88
(4.0%) | | | |
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| | Rhode Island College
Providence, RI | 48
(3.9%) | |  | |
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| | Roger Williams University
Bristol, RI | 17
(2.0%) | | | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.