by our College Data Analytics TeamIf you are interested in accounting and finance, take a look at other closely related fields of study. Here you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
Programs here prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of accounting and finance, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Sorted by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Finance, General | 6 | 49,828 |
| Public Finance | 5 | 63 |
| Financial Risk Management | 4 | — |
| International Finance | 4 | 124 |
| Accounting and Computer Science | 3 | 36 |
| Financial Analytics | 3 | 1,644 |
| Investments and Securities | 3 | 414 |
| Actuarial Science | 2 | 1,363 |
| Business/Commerce, General | 2 | 57,976 |
| Financial Mathematics | 2 | 5,335 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Accounting | 58,956 |
| Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping | 17,375 |
| Accounting and Business/Management | 1,270 |
| Accounting and Related Services, Other | 554 |
| Auditing | 178 |
Part of the broader field of Accounting and Related Services, accounting and finance sits alongside related programs in that field.
More about our data sources and methodologies.