Accounting Careers & Outcomes
A degree in Accounting can take your career in many directions. Most students choose to enter the workforce right after graduation while others continue their education after a few years in the workforce. Career options are broad for accountants: public, government, nonprofit or management accounting and public or private auditing, as well as the growing field of forensic accounting. You can focus on a specific industry, such as healthcare or banking, or consider a specialty area such as assurance services or risk management. Our students are equipped with a strong foundation for any of these career options.
Accounting College to Career Map
What can I do with an Accounting degree?
- Accountant
- Audit manager
- Budget analyst
- Chief executive officer
- Chief financial officer
- Corporate controller
- Cost analyst
- Credit analyst
- Estate planner
- Financial planner
- Fund manager
- Investment banker
- Loan officer
- Payroll manager
- Project analyst
- Property manager
- Securities trader
- Tax preparer
- Treasurer