Finance major for accounting?

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<p>I’m considering going to school at either UMich or UNC. If I am able to get into their undergrad business schools, and I want to do accounting, would a finance concentration for the BSBA be able to land me an accounting job?</p>

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<p>I’m pretty sure that the BSBA degrees at UMICH and UNC have concentrations in accounting. I guess you could always do a concentration in finance, especially corporate finance, while doing extra preparation to pass the CPA exam. If you do this, then landing a job in accounting shouldn’t be too much trouble. I would think that a concentration in accountning would probably better prepare you for the CPA exam and a career in accounting though.</p>

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<p>I didn’t see it on their websites, maybe I just missed it.</p>

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<p>On second thought, I’m probably wrong. The BSBA at UMICH and UNC are intended to provide really broad, management-oriented business educations. </p>

<p>I think that UMICH offers several accounting electives that you can take so that you can focus on accounting. UNC on the other hand doesn’t offer very much in the way of extra accounting courses though. If you want to to go into accounting, then you should definitely go to UMICH instead of UNC. The two links below will give you a better idea of why you should go to UMICH. You’ll notice that very few business students at UNC went into accounting, while at UMICH, several students were hired by major accounting firms. </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.bus.umich.edu/EmploymentProfile/TopHiringCompanies.htm[/url]”>http://www.bus.umich.edu/EmploymentProfile/TopHiringCompanies.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/Programs/BSBA/careerServices/placement.cfm[/url]”>http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/Programs/BSBA/careerServices/placement.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Well looking into some statistics, 2% of UNC BSBA grads went into accounting last year while 7.7% of UMich BSBA grads went into accounting. I’m not sure if that’s a huge difference or not.</p>

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<p>That’s true, but if you look at the list of course offerings for UMICH’s undergrad business program, you’ll notice that there are much more accounting courses to take compared to UNC. This means that you’ll at least have more opportunities to focus on accounting. Plus, a decent number of students did end up working at 3 of the 4 big accounting firms.</p>

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<p>thanks for the very helpful links! do you know where I can find similar employment profiles for NYU Stern undergrad? I’ve looked on the website but can’t seem to find it…I’m tryin to choose between the three schools…unc umich and nyu-stern</p>

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<p>Sure. </p>

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