Overview of major
Potential job titles
Examples of internships
Possible career fields
Possible work settings
Important skills and abilities
Sample web resources
Print resources
Sample graduate programs pursued by Accounting majors
Overview of major
Accounting provides challenges and unlimited opportunities if you desire a successful and rewarding position in business, government, industry or public accounting. Graduates typically either seek employment upon completion of their degree or choose to continue their education with graduate studies. The majority of accounting majors obtain their CPA certification within 5 years of graduation.
Resources
Potential job titles
- Staff Auditor
- Certified Public Accountant
- Staff Accountant
- Tax Accountant
- Assurance Associate
- Fund Accountant
- Financial Analyst
- Forensic Accountant
- Fraud Examiner
- Cost Accountant
- Financial Advisor
- FBI Special Agent
- IRS Investigator
- Securities Broker
- Business Consultant
- Financial Planner
- Tax Advisor
- Accounting Associate
Examples of internships
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Deloitte & Touche LLP
- KPMG LLP
- Legg Mason
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC
- Defense Contract Audit Agency
- RSM McGladrey, Inc
- Morgan Stanley
- National Security Agency
- Constellation Energy
- Under Armour
- Reznick Group
- Clifton Gunderson LLP
- Northrop Grumman Corporation
- SC&H Group LLC
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Possible career fields
Public accounting
- Auditing/Assurance
- Tax
- Forensic/Investigative
- Environmental
- International
- Personal financial planning
Government
- Auditing
- Financial reporting
- Financial management
- Research
- Budget analysis
Education
- Teaching
- Research
- Consulting
Non-Profit
Possible work settings
- Public acounting firms
- Sole practitioners
- Federal agencies
- Universities & colleges
- Non-profit
- Social service organizations
- Government
- Hospitals
- Religious organizations
- Labor unions
- Managment consulting
- Political parties
- Public school system
- Credit unions
- Insurance
Important skills and abilities
- Communication
- Interpersonal
- Leadership
- Attention to detail
- Analytical
- Active listening
- Work well under pressure
- Customer service
- Deadline oriented
- Assertiveness
- Problem solving
- Team player
- Computer
- Critical thinking
Sample web resources
Print resources
(All available in the Career Resource Library in The Career Center)
- Great Jobs for Accounting Majors (BUS Category)
- Begin your Career in Public Accounting (BUS Category)
- Great Jobs for Business Majors (BUS Category)
- Quick Guide to College Majors and Careers (CP Section)
- Best 296 Business Schools (Grad Section)
- The Business School Buzz Back (Grad Section)
- How to Write a Winning Personal Statement for Graduate and Professional School (Grad Section)
- Graduate Programs: Business, Education, Health, Information Studies, Law & Social Work (Grad Section)
Sample graduate programs pursued by Accounting majors
- MBA, Accounting
- MBA, Management Information Systems
- MS, Taxation
- MBA, Healthcare Management
- JD
- MBA, Forensic Accounting
- MBA, International Business