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Choosing Accounting I Degree Requirements I 3:2 Integrated 5-year program I Career Opportunities I Department of Accounting I Student Groups

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Accounting Career Path

Accounting is an extremely flexible major. Our students learn more than the tax code or accounting principles. Today’s accountants are business advisors and information specialists. This broad training allows accountants to easily branch into diverse professions. For example, while many of Bradley’s accounting graduates take public or corporate accounting positions, one recent graduate became part of a team that is designing a bank which will operate on the Internet. Other graduates went directly to consulting firms, designing and installing computer systems. After several years in traditional accounting positions, another alumnus started his own business, a bank that has grown to $100 million in assets in three years. We hope the following provides some information about the rich opportunities a degree in accounting will provide.

 

Here are four of the career paths an accountant can take: