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Key Takeaways Accounting majors are landing near-perfect job placement rates.
Most graduates secure jobs or further education within six months of finishing their degrees.
Entry-level accounting salaries are hovering around the high five figures, or around $75,000.
At a time when workers everywhere are feeling uneasy about the future of their jobs, and experts keep warning that white-collar careers could be the next casualty of AI, one unlikely field is coming out on top.
Accounting, often dismissed as dull and number-heavy, has spent years struggling to attract young talent. The profession’s aging workforce hasn’t helped, and between 2019 and 2022, more than 300,000 accountants left the field to move into other sectors, like finance and technology. That exodus forced firms to scramble to fill openings.
Now, the story is starting to change.
Gen Z is starting to take notice of accounting. Fortune recently reported that accounting is making a quiet comeback, with young workers gravitating towards a field that promises stability, steady demand and starting pay of around $75,000.
The bigger picture in enrollment data makes the accounting rebound even clearer. In 2025, a total of 313,397 students enrolled in college accounting programs — up from 293,759 the year before, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, an educational research firm.
Accounting students have exceptional job placement rates
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