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Common Career Paths for Accounting Majors
- “Traditional” Accounting
- Public Accountant
- Tax Accountant
- Forensic Accountant
- Financial Accountant
- Managerial Accountant
- Actuary
- Financial Planner
- Budget or Financial Analyst
Internship Employers
Top Companies
Volvo, Raymond James Financial, PwC, KPMG, Ernst & Young, Deloitte, Fidelity
Salary Information
Salary Information for 2022-2023 |
Median | Mean |
Accounting – Elon Class of 2023 | $74,500 | $74,316 |
Accounting – NACE* 2022 | $60,000 | $59,884 |
*NACE is the National Association of Colleges and Employers, which surveys colleges and employers nationwide to provide annual salary information.
Where are Elon Accounting alumni?
Top Companies
- 2021: EY, KPMG, PwC, Deloitte
- 2020: PwC, KPMG, EY, Baker Tilly, Deloitte
- 2019: Deloitte, PwC, EY, Goldman Sachs
- 2018: EY, Goldman Sachs, Baker Tilly, Deloitte, KPMG, PwC, RSM
Top Fields
![Class of 2019-2021 Accounting Majors bar graph showing areas for sales, logistics, finance, consulting and accounting.](https://eloncdn.blob.core.windows.net/eu3/sites/104/2022/10/Accounting-1024x585.png)
This is a breakdown of the different fields that Accounting alumni work in, with the most working in accounting, making up around 86% of all Accounting graduates.
Top Locations
![map of the United States with the New York, Virginia, North Carolina, California, Texas, Colorado, Illinois, Ohio, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., Massachusetts, and Maine highlighted. highlighted](https://eloncdn.blob.core.windows.net/eu3/sites/104/2022/10/accounting-map-1024x693.png)
Accounting alumni are in 18 states, with a majority being in North Carolina, Virginia and New York. These states all have at least 15 Accounting graduates working there.