The locations with the highest concentration of Accounting degree recipients are , New York, NY, and Chicago, IL. The locations with a relatively high number of Accounting degree recipients are El Centro, CA, Troy, MI, and Atherton, CA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Accounting is a bachelors degree.
Tuition costs for Accounting majors are, on average, $6,695 for in-state public colleges, and $28,963 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Accounting programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (697 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (46,313 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Accounting, is Public, 4-year or above (46,313 completions).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Accounting programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Business majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Business majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Accounting is from the 2 Digit Course Business.
11.2M
2018 Workforce
± 79,128
3.01%
1 Year Growth
± 0.975%
The number of Business graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.01%, from 10.9M in 2017 to 11.2M in 2018.
The largest single share of Business graduates go on to work as Accountants & auditors (10.3%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Business by share of the total number of graduates.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Business majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Business majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information on those who earn a degree in Business in the US. The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Business is 43.7, and the most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Business degrees, and White students earn the majority (47,047) of the degrees.
The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Accounting is from the 2 Digit Course Business.
43.7
Average Age in 2018
± 0.0927 Years
0.00684%
1 Year Change
± 0.302%
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Business. The most common ages of employees with this major are 48 and 36 years old, which represent 2.69% and 2.67% of the population, respectively.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Accounting for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by gender for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Accounting. White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and gender.
The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Accounting is from the 2 Digit Course Business.
Most Common Countries of Origin
India
170,115 degree recipients
Philippines
134,920 degree recipients
Mexico
131,608 degree recipients
High Relative Number of Students
Mongolia
3.79 times more than expected
Switzerland
2.96 times more than expected
Paraguay
2.87 times more than expected
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Mongolia that hold Business degrees (3.79 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (170,115 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Accounting field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Accounting majors need many skills, but most especially Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Accounting majors need more than the average amount of Programming, Mathematics, and Learning Strategies.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Accounting majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Programming is very distinctive for majors, but the Speaking, Reading Comprehension, and Writing are the three most important skills for people in the field.