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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 15 South Carolina Colleges with the highest percentage of Accounting among the 2007-2008 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
Columbia College
Columbia, SC
 12
(5.5%)
Less Selective$23,030 
Voorhees College
Denmark, SC
 6
(4.8%)
Highly Selective$9,034 
Benedict College
Columbia, SC
 16
(4.7%)
Open Admissions$14,570 
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Wofford College
Spartanburg, SC
 13
(4.4%)
Moderately Selective$29,465 
South Carolina State University
Orangeburg, SC
 24
(4.3%)
Less Selective$14,362 
Converse College
Spartanburg, SC
 6
(3.5%)
Moderately Selective$24,500 
Francis Marion University
Florence, SC
 17
(3.4%)
Moderately Selective$14,979 
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Furman University
Greenville, SC
 20
(3.1%)
Moderately Selective$34,588 
University of South Carolina-Columbia
Columbia, SC
 111
(2.9%)
Moderately Selective$22,908 
North Greenville University
Tigerville, SC
 9
(2.8%)
Moderately Selective$11,680 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.