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 20
Virginia
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Accounting among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | National College-Salem
Salem, VA | 11
(37.9%) |  |  | |
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| | University of Richmond
Richmond, VA | 52
(6.5%) |  |  | |
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| | Randolph-Macon College
Ashland, VA | 14
(5.8%) |  |  | |
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| | Norfolk State University
Norfolk, VA | 41
(5.6%) | |  | |
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| | George Mason University
Fairfax, VA | 200
(5.3%) | | | |
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| | Virginia State University
Petersburg, VA | 30
(5.0%) | | | |
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| | James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA | 126
(3.6%) | | | |
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| | Averett University
Danville, VA | 5
(3.4%) |  | | |
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| | Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA | 88
(3.1%) | | | |
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| | Virginia Union University
Richmond, VA | 6
(3.0%) | | | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.