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What You Learn

Study accounting principles to launch your business career in the public, private or nonprofit sectors.

  • Command practices and tools at the core of every business, nonprofit and personal financial transaction
  • Develop keen financial ethical judgment
  • Acquire effective communication and influencing skills
  • Land internships that lead to jobs at Fortune 500 corporations, midsize companies and small and entrepreneurial enterprises in New York and New Jersey

You can add business expertise and depth to any Kean degree, with Kean's minor in accounting. You can also pursue your degree at Kean Ocean in Toms River.

Faculty

Bilal Al Dah, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Samuel Bornstein, Assistant Professor
James Capone, JD, Professor
Thomas Metz, Lecturer
Gabriel Fuentes, Assistant Professor

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When I came to visit, Kean felt like home. I really felt a connection to the campus. The people here make the experience. The teachers focus on building personal relationships with their students, helping and guiding them along the way.

Aaron Reed ’18
Financial Associate, The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Accounting Student Aaron Reed

After Kean

Kean's graduates have well-paid accounting, auditing, tax and consulting careers at all levels of business, including at major corporations such as Goldman Sachs, Wakefern and Moody's.  Possible careers include:

  • Accountant
  • Actuary
  • Auditor
  • Bookkeeper
  • Certified Financial Planner
  • Comptroller
  • Financial Analyst
  • Tax Consultant

10% Job Growth

In accounting and auditing by 2026, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics

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More undergraduate students study accounting/finance than any other majors

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