Major in Accounting
Become an accountant • Earn a competitive salary • Impact organizations

Accounting is a crucial field. JBU will give you the strong foundation you need.
Behind every great organization is an exceptional accountant.
That's why at JBU, you'll learn the skills you need to succeed in this crucial role.
You'll learn how to help an organization understand its financial standing,
and how to advise the organization on how to fulfill financial goals.
Accounting at JBU - you'll get to:
Gain Real Job Experience
At JBU, you'll be able to gain incredible real-world experience as our distinguished faculty connect you with a variety of internship opportunities at one of several Fortune 500 companies right in JBU’s backyard.
Change Lives
Use your God-given talent with numbers to assist the JBU ENACTUS team in making financial decisions for social ventures that improve the quality and standard of living for people in need.
Learn from the Best
You'll learn from accounting professors who have real-world accounting experience in areas such as public, private, and international accounting and are able to teach the complexity of accounting with real-life application.
Engage in Simulations
You'll get to work through a fictitious company’s accounting cycle and visit companies to see how accounting knowledge is applied in the real world.
Get Hired
Be among the cream of the crop. JBU accounting students quickly find jobs at the Big Four firms, non-profit organizations, and international companies in various fields of accounting after graduation.
Need More Reasons?
For even more reasons to study Accounting at JBU, visit the Accounting Program Details page.
Alumni Profiles

Josh Garrett '12
"The JBU College of Business did a superb job of preparing me for both graduate school and public accounting. I have been very well-equipped as a student and professional and have at no time felt under-prepared from an academic standpoint. The University of Denver has one of the top 10 accounting programs in the country and I felt prepared for all my classes there. As a professional, I have received consistent feedback that my foundation in accounting is extremely solid and that my undergraduate preparation must have been excellent."

Tina Funk '12
"JBU equipped me with a solid education and a number of experiential learning opportunities that were instrumental in preparing me for my career. Specifically, the College of Business helped develop my ability to think critically and solve problems quickly and efficiently, which is a skill set I use every day in my job."
Meet the Accounting Faculty

