<p>ValleyAccountant,
I have to say, that like nursing, accounting is also different from most majors. It seems that anyone who does well in accounting can land a job. When we visited the school where my D2 now attends we discovered that even in this crappy economy, the accounting majors have a much, much higher employment rate (upon graduation) than all other majors at this LAC. </p>
<p>D2 is an accounting major in her junior year and she was able to land a paying internship this summer. And it paid quite well. This is in sharp contrast to many of the internships that college students get that pay very poorly or not at all. </p>
<p>At her college, her grades make her a ‘big fish in a small pond’ and so she got lots of merit aid to attend. She’ll graduate with no debt (as we could afford to send her here on our dime due to the large amount of scholarship money she received) and will likely and a well paying job and a CPA. </p>
<p>So, while I think that you can do well at a non-prestigious college, choosing certain majors (like nursing or accounting instead of philosophy or gender studies) certainly helps!</p>