Overview of Major
Potential Job Titles
Examples of Internships
Possible Career Fields
Possible Work Settings
Important Skills and Abilities
Sample Web Resources
Sample Graduate Programs Pursued by Accounting Majors
Where Recent Accounting Graduates Were Hired
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
- PwC LLP
- 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 accounting 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
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
Where Recent Accounting Graduates Were Hired
The Career Center at Loyola University Maryland conducts an annual follow-up survey with new Loyola graduates between six and nine months after Commencement to paint a comprehensive picture of the professional paths each class has chosen.
Here's a snapshot of where our recent accounting majors were hired or went on to graduate school:
Companies
EY - Staff Auditor (2), Assurance Staff (3), Audit Associate, Assurance Associate (2), FSO Assurance, Audit Assurance Staff(2), Staff Auditor
BDO USA LLP - Audit Associate (Not For Profit)
CohnReznick - Assurance Associate
Condon O'Meara McGinty & Donnelly LLP - Staff Auditor
Crowe Horwath - Audit Associate
Deloitte LLP - Staff Auditor
Design & Integration, Inc. - Accounting Assistant
Financial Consulting Strategies - Staff Accountant
Grant Thornton LLP - Advisory Associate, Audit Associate(3)
HA&W - Staff Accountant
Hertzbach - Staff Accountant
KMPG LLP - Audit Associate (7), Federal Audit Associate, Advisory Associate, Tax Associate
Macquarie Capital - Associate, Document Management
McGladrey - Audit Associate (3), Assurance Associate, Assurance Staff
O'Connor Davies - Audit Staff
PwC LLP - Assurance Associate (6), Audit Associate (3), Tax Associate
SC&H Group - Staff Associate
State of Maryland - Office of Legislative Audits Staff Auditor
Graduate/Professional Schools
Loyola University Maryland - Accounting Certificate Program (3)
University of Baltimore - M.S., Taxation
University of Texas at Austin - Master in Professional Accounting (Taxation)
Villanova University - Master of Accountancy