Best Choice for Undergraduate Accounting

<p>visit their career placement websites or get in contact with the career center. Accounting is a vocational major; all schools use the same books, the differences are going to be in the help they give you in finding that first job. You want to find out who interviews on campus and how many students they've hired in the last 2-3 years. </p>

<p>Perhaps even more important is the internship program; with a good internship under your belt you're going to be a strong candidate anywhere you apply, even if you send in an unsolicited resume. At some schools the internship "program" is a binder of jobs and you do all the work yourself. Some schools have a well-organized system where they help you write a resume, bring speakers to campus to talk about jobs and what employers look for, and have recruiters coming to campus looking to hire interns. If some of your choices above offer that, go for them.</p>

<p>You can also go to the websites of employers that hire lots of accountants; most will have a section for college recruiting, and you can see what colleges they visit.</p>