Majoring in Accounting
The Accounting Degree
The accounting major provides a career-oriented educational opportunity with a firm foundation in the liberal arts and a current body of knowledge in business and economics. This major offers the necessary preparation for a wide range of business and accounting environments, or for admission into graduate school.
Keuka's accounting program has an articulation agreement with the master's in accounting program at SUNY Geneseo, the CPA track MBA program at SUNY Oswego, and the MBA Accounting program at R.I.T., which are all registered by the New York State Department of Education as licensure-qualifying. Similar agreements with other graduate programs are being planned. Graduates of these program meet the educational requirements for admission to the public accountancy licensing examination.
Learn more about majoring in Accounting at Keuka College.
Accounting Internships & Field Periods
Students working toward an accounting degree at Keuka College must complete a 140-hour internship each year—we call this Field Period.
Here's where some of our accounting students have recently done their Field Periods. All of these organizations have indicated they'd be interested in hosting Keuka students in the future.
- Casowasco Camp
- Moravia, N.Y.
- Gallery R - The School of Art, College of Imaging Arts and Sciences at RIT
- Rochester, N.Y.
- Glenora Wine Cellars, Inc.
- Dundee, N.Y.
- Horseheads Central School District
- Horseheads, N.Y.
- Humane Society of Yates County
- Penn Yan, N.Y.
- Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital
- Bath, N.Y.
- J. Carey & Company, CPA's
- Penn Yan, N.Y.
- KPMG
- Syracuse, N.Y.
- Silgan Plastics
- Penn Yan, N.Y.
- Watkins Glen International Public Relations
- Watkins Glen, N.Y.
- Wegmans
- Rochester, N.Y.
Links for Accounting Majors
Find out all you can about majoring in Accounting and the careers to which such a degree will lead. Here are some links to professional organizations, job banks, and associations you may find interesting.
| Accounting.com Job Board | |
| Goldman Sachs Careers | |
| Google Diversity Internship Programs | |
| Higher Education Jobs | |
| NPR: Internships | |
| Youth at the United Nations: Internships |
Accounting Major Skills
What type of skills do Accounting majors need to be successful? Here's a sampling.
- Adapt well to frequent change
- Analyze and interpret data
- Computer literacy
- Critical thinking
- Efficient
- Logical thinking
- Numerical computation
- Oral & written communication
- Organized
- Problem solver
- Systemizing skills
- Work independently or in teams
What Can I Do with an Accounting Degree?
With an Accounting degree, you can find a career in the following:
- Accountant
- Accounting Educator
- Actuary
- Auditor
- Bank Examiner
- Bank Officer
- Certified Public Accountant
- Commodities Trader
- Comptroller
- Consumer Credit Officer
- FBI/Treasury/CIA Agent
- Financial Analyst
- Financial Consultant
- Financial Manager
- Governmental Accountant
- Insurance Adjuster
- Internal Revenue Agent
- Managerial Consultant
- Personal Financial Planner
- Purchasing Agent
- Staff Accountant
- Tax Accountant
- Tax Advisor
- Treasurer
Average Annual Salary
$46,691 - Public Accounting, $48,557 - Private Accounting, $49,130 - Public Accounting, $51,891 - Private Auditing, $40,000 - Commercial Banking (National Association of Colleges and Employers, Salary Survey: 2006-2007)Field Periods in Accounting
Field Period & Internship News
See how exciting a Field Period actually is. Check out these headlines about Keuka students' recent Field Periods & internships.