Accounting & MIS Career Paths
Career Paths for Graduates
The study of accounting is relevant to a wide range of occupations. Many students start their careers in public accounting. Accounting graduates enjoy a high rate of employment in many local, national and international firms. The accounting program provides an excellent foundation for the Certified Public Accountant's examination, which many students sit for during their last semester or after graduating. Other students obtain employment in private industry including consulting, banking and a variety of financial institutions. Such job opportunities include internal auditing, business manager, information systems consulting, industrial accounting, tax accounting, credit management and budgeting. Some accounting graduates choose to continue towards an advanced degree in accounting or a Master of Business Administration. A small number continue towards a doctorate degree in accounting. This training prepares them for teaching careers in areas of accounting specialization. Several students continue on to law school.
The study of MIS is relevant for a wide range of occupations in business, government, and private practice. All public and private organizations use information systems to process data, run operations, and communicate with the rest of the world. Graduates of our MIS program are aggressively recruited by large and small companies including IBM, CSC, all of the major banks, all major consulting firms, public accounting firms, and large and small corporations for a variety of jobs.
Accounting and MIS students often chose to intern during their summers in order to obtain career-related experience. Because of the program's excellent reputation, many recruiters seek accounting and MIS majors at Delaware for both public accounting firms and public/private industries upon graduation. Top companies come from all over the U.S. including the major cities from New York City to Washington, D.C.
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