Accountancy - LaGrange College

Accountancy from LaGrange College is a Campus Bachelor Accountancy degree that prepares you for a Accounting career. Counting on an exciting and lucrative career? You've found it. Do you like working with people? Making important decisions? Leading organizations? Accountants do all this and more. As an accountant, you will provide financial information to those who need it. You will also analyze that information and make intelligent business decisions that benefit and protect management and investors. CEOs often come from accounting backgrounds, so this is a career ladder that can reach the very top. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts employment of accountants and auditors to grow by 18% between 2006 and 2016, which is faster than the average for all occupations. For the class of 2009, the average salary offer to college graduates with accounting degrees was $48,471, which is 24% higher than the average salary offer of $36,624 for college graduates with a liberal arts degree. In fact, accountants can expect an annual salary of at least $54,630, with senior accountants and auditors earning as much as $79,250, managers earning as much as $101,500, and directors of accounting and internal auditing earning as much as $208,000. These salaries aren't just for accountants at large CPA firms. Even accountants employed by federal government earn an average of $78,665. Why Choose LaGrange for Accounting? The LaGrange College Accountancy Department is the first accounting program in the world to be accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). What makes the LaGrange College Accountancy program special is our focus on project-based learning. During your final three semesters, you will simulate the activities of a public accountant by leading the audit of an entire company from start to finish. Project-based learning goes beyond the classroom and doesn't use a textbook. Let's face it: textbooks give you someone else's interpretation and all the answers. At LaGrange, we think it's more important for you to find the answers yourself. In classes like Tax and Intermediate Accounting , instead of textbooks, you'll learn by using the same industry-standard databases that professionals use. Our program gets you out of the text and into the exciting career you're looking for ? accounting. View more details on LaGrange College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Accountancy courses.