What is Accounting?

Practice and body of knowledge concerned primarily with (1) methods for recording transactions, (2) keeping financial records, (3) performing internal audits, (4) reporting and analyzing financial information to the management, and (5) advising on taxation matters. It is a systematic process of identifying, recording, measuring, classifying, verifying, summarizing, interpreting and communicating financial information. It reveals profit or loss for a given period, and the value and nature of a firm's assets, liabilities and owners' equity. Accounting provides information on the (1) resources available to a firm, (2) the means employed to finance those resources, and (3) the results achieved through their use.

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Accounting Assistant Accounting Clerk

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Accounting Manager Accounting Specialist

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Accounts Payable Clerk Accounts Payable Manager

•Real Estate •Manufacturing •Entertainment

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Accounting Jobs

Accounts Payable Specialist Accounts Receivable Clerk

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Accounts Receivable Manager Accounts Receivable Specialist

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•Financial Services •General •A/R Accountant

Assistant Controller Billing Coordinator

•Financial Services #1 •Financial Services #2

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Bookkeeper Cash Manager

•Business Management •General •General #2 •Full Charge Bookkeeper

•Financial Services •General •General #2 •Banking

Controller Cost Accountant

•Non-Profit •Insurance •Real Estate #1•Real Estate #2 •Liability

•Construction •Manufacturing •Retail •General

Director of Accounting Director of Purchasing

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•General •General #2 •Materials Mgt.

Fund Accountant General Ledger Accountant

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•GL Accountant •General

Senior Accountant Staff Accountant

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Audit Director Audit Manager

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Auditor Audit Supervisor

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•General •General #2 top Billing

Billing Manager Billing Specialist

•Financial Services •General

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Billing Supervisor Medical Billing

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•Medical Biller •Medical Coder •Coding Specialist top Credit/Collections

Collections Manager Credit Manager

•Financial Services •General

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Collections Specialist Credit Specialist

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Credit Analyst

•General •General #2 top Finance

Internal Auditor Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Manager

•Financial Services •General

•General •Manufacturing top Payroll

Payroll Administrator Payroll Clerk

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Payroll Coordinator Payroll Manager

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Payroll Specialist Payroll Supervisor

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Tax Accountant Tax Analyst

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Tax Director Tax Manager

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Tax Specialist

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Payroll Specialist Payroll Supervisor

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Director of Treasury Treasurer

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Treasury Analyst

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The average salary for accounting majors is up 3.7 percent to $50,500. For these graduates, the top industry—in terms of number of hires—is accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services, with an average salary of $47,050. Highest-paying employers of accounting majors, however, were securities, commodities, and financial investments employers; the average salary in this industry stands at $53,910.

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Economics is the study of how people choose to use resources.

What is Economics?

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Economics majors currently average $54,400—up 6.3 percent over the average posted in 2010. The most likely explanation for this: Securities, commodities, funds, trusts, and other financial investment firms are both the largest employer for these graduates and provided the highest average starting salary—$77,640.

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Careers for Economics Majors

Students find that the major provides an excellent stepping stone for jobs in the private sector, including careers in:

Trade researcher Business management Department of Commerce Federal Reserve Board Department of Labor Treasury Department Department of Agriculture

Investment banker Financial analyst Insurance broker Consultant Economic analyst Statistician Trade specialist Professor