Career Outlook for Accounting
All organizations need accountants. Completing a degree or professional certificate in accounting at Champlain prepares you for meaningful employment in accounting, banking, corporate finance, insurance, investments and personal finance.
Champlain graduates have found careers as:
- certified public accountants (CPAs)
- certified management accountants (CMAs)
- corporate executives
- controllers
- accounting professors
- entrepreneurs
- Internal Revenue agents
- and many other exciting career fields
Employment outlook
HOT CAREER!!! According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, accountants and auditors will be in high demand through the year 2014...with demand growing faster than average. In addition to proficiency in accounting skills, companies are looking to hire people with experience with specialized software, as well as people with strong interpersonal and communication skills because of the need to communicate accounting and financial information clearly and concisely to other accountants as well as lay-people.
Champlain has created a curriculum that not only includes the professional skills necessary to become an accountant, but also includes courses that develop your skills as a communicator and critical thinker.
Earnings
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, median annual earnings in the industries employing the largest numbers of accountants and auditors were as follows:
- Federal executive branch and United States Postal Service: $56,900
- Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services: $53,870
- Management of companies and enterprises: $52,260
- Local government: $47,440
- State government: $43,400
On-Campus Recruiting
Champlain’s Career Services Office invites recruiters to campus, schedules interviews and assists students with their resumes and interviewing skills. The office also sponsors social events on-campus to give students more networking opportunities. If you are one of our many online students, please contact the Career Services Office at (802) 860-2720 or via email at careerservices@champlain.edu for more information about these events and how you can participate.