Program Facts

GU Accounting Facts

• Gannon accounting graduates are regularly recruited by public accounting and industrial firms, the Naval Audit Service and other government agencies.
• Throughout students’ academic experience at Gannon, they can participate in a variety of service learning opportunities.
• Qualified juniors at Gannon may choose to pursue an accelerated MBA program and complete both their undergraduate and graduate degrees in just five years, rather than six.
• Gannon’s five year BS/MBA program provides the 150 credits required to take the CPA Examination

Major Facts

• The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates the average number of annual job openings for accountants will increase 10 to 20 percent by 2012.
• Accounting is also the preferred undergraduate degree for those seeking careers with the FBI and DEA.
• According to mycareer.com, accounting majors receive starting salary offers averaging $55,636.

About the Program

• Advertising communications is housed in the School of Business. As part of the business department, students will take core business classes that will better prepare them for the real world. These business basics (finance, accounting and more) will help students better understand the business pressures of their clients and prepare them to someday start, and run, their own business.
• Students in the advertising communications program interact with students and professors in the fields of accounting, business administration, entrepreneurship, finance, international business, management, marketing, risk management and insurance, and sports management and marketing.
• The Dahlkemper School of Business Administration at Gannon has received accreditation from the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), making Gannon the first business school in northwestern Pennsylvania with both undergraduate and graduate programs that are nationally accredited.
• All Gannon business students have the opportunity to participate in many professional business organizations, including: the Gannon Accounting Club, Student Investment Trust, Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity, Gannon Advertising Club and the American Marketing Association.