Number of accounting grads plummets further
Accounting Today
OCTOBER 12, 2023
The number of students earning accounting degrees keeps falling, according to the latest figures released by the American Institute of CPAs.
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Accounting Today
OCTOBER 12, 2023
The number of students earning accounting degrees keeps falling, according to the latest figures released by the American Institute of CPAs.
Going Concern
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Says the AICPA, bachelor’s degree completions in accounting dropped 7.8% Master’s degree completions also fell in 2021–2022 (-6.4%) but the percentage decline is significantly less than in 2019–20. 65,035 total accounting degrees completed for 2021-22.
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Students should start to learn that it is an extremely important, gratifying, and, dare we say, exciting job.
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