You'll do fine as an accountant but you might want to pursue a dual-major in accounting and finance. If you major in accounting at my school, you need to take 7 more classes in finance and you will have two degrees. Most colleges have it set up like that because the two fields are basically a flip side of a coin. As far as outsourcing goes, you might have talked to the wrong people because two of my friends just graduated this semester and one started at 62,000 dollars, the other took an offer at 50,000. It might be your area though where there aren't that many jobs that require your degree. Since I live in Northern New Jersey which is 8 miles away from NYC, corporate jobs in finance and accounting are very very very abundant.

We also had the FBI recruit a couple of accountants due to all the corporate scandals going on.....the possibilities are endless.

One more thing, did you notice that most CEOs have a degree in accounting?

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