Accounting & Computer Science
Contains Stem Majors
Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of Accounting & Computer Science degree recipients are Grove City, PA, San Marcos, TX, and Brockton, MA. In 2021, the locations with a relatively high number of Accounting & Computer Science degree recipients are Grove City, PA, Brockton, MA, and San Marcos, TX. The most common degree awarded to students studying Accounting & Computer Science is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Accounting & Computer Science and the types of students that study this field. Montgomery County Community College awards the most degrees in Accounting & Computer Science in the US, having also the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Accounting & Computer Science, followed by Grove City College.
Tuition costs for Accounting & Computer Science majors are, on average, $7,456 for in-state public colleges, and $31,318 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Accounting & Computer Science programs are Public, 2-year institutions (6 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (33 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Accounting & Computer Science, is Public, 2-year (33 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Accounting & Computer Science programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Montgomery County Community College has the most Accounting & Computer Science degree recipients, with 28 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Accounting & Computer Science.
Out of all institutions that offer Accounting & Computer Science programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Montgomery County Community College has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Accounting & Computer Science, with 1.92%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Accounting & Computer Science by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Accounting & Computer Science.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Interdisciplinary Studies graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Interdisciplinary Studies majors is $85,303 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Other managers, and Physicians.
The industry that employs the most Interdisciplinary Studies majors is Elementary & secondary schools, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Clay building material & refractories manufacturing.
The average salary for Interdisciplinary Studies majors is $85,303 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Other managers, and Physicians.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Interdisciplinary Studies majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Interdisciplinary Studies majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Interdisciplinary Studies majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Interdisciplinary Studies majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & middle school teachers, Other managers, and Physicians.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Interdisciplinary Studies majors working as Dietitians & nutritionists, Chiropractors, and Podiatrists.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Interdisciplinary Studies majors are Surgeons, Physicians, and Podiatrists.
The number of Interdisciplinary Studies graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.48%, from 902,496 in 2020 to 942,921 in 2021.
The largest single share of Interdisciplinary Studies graduates go on to work as Elementary & middle school teachers (5.07%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Interdisciplinary Studies by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Interdisciplinary Studies majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools, General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, and Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges.
The highest paying industries of Interdisciplinary Studies majors, by average wage, are Clay building material & refractories manufacturing, Agricultural chemical manufacturing, and Metal ore mining.
The number of Interdisciplinary Studies graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.48%, from 902,496 in 2020 to 942,921 in 2021.
The industry which employs the most Interdisciplinary Studies graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Interdisciplinary Studies.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Interdisciplinary Studies majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Interdisciplinary Studies majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies is 41.5.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Interdisciplinary Studies degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Interdisciplinary Studies (31 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies. The most common ages of employees with this major are 27 and 30 years old, which represent 3.28% and 3.2% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Accounting & Computer Science are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Associates Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Interdisciplinary Studies are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Accounting & Computer Science.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Accounting & Computer Science for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Accounting & Computer Science.
White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Caribbean, Not Specified that hold Interdisciplinary Studies degrees (3.96 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 (25,270 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Accounting & Computer Science field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Accounting & Computer Science majors need many skills, but most especially Critical Thinking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Accounting & Computer Science majors need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources, Mathematics, Operations Analysis, Management of Material Resources, Systems Evaluation, Management of Personnel Resources, Systems Analysis, Programming, Judgment and Decision Making, Monitoring, Complex Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Persuasion, Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Time Management, Negotiation, Speaking, Coordination, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Active Listening, Instructing, Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, Technology Design, Operation Monitoring, Installation, Quality Control Analysis, Science, Equipment Selection, Operation and Control, Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, and Troubleshooting.
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 & Computer Science 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 Management of Financial Resources is very distinctive for majors, but the Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Judgment and Decision Making, Active Listening, Speaking, Complex Problem Solving, Monitoring, Writing, Mathematics, Active Learning, Systems Evaluation, Time Management, Systems Analysis, Management of Financial Resources, Coordination, Management of Personnel Resources, Social Perceptiveness, Persuasion, Learning Strategies, Instructing, Negotiation, Service Orientation, Operations Analysis, Management of Material Resources, Operation Monitoring, Programming, Quality Control Analysis, Science, Technology Design, Operation and Control, Equipment Selection, Troubleshooting, Installation, Repairing, and Equipment Maintenance are the three most important skills for people in the field.
