Which majors are principally popul...

Which majors are principally popular among college students today? The measures in demand are:

1 Accounting

2 Electrical engineering

3 Mechanical engineering

4 Business administration/management

5 Economics/finance

6 Computer science

7 Computer engineering

8 Marketing/marketing management

9 Chemical engineering

10 Information sciences and systems

Accounting's rife popularity may stem from of the present days stories of corporate accounting scandals, which l to recent regulations and more jobs. Ira Solomon of the department of accountancy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign said in an interview with AccountingWeb.com. "All the focus forward accounting created a perception [among] learners that accounting matters and is perhaps level sexy."

SOURCES: ACCOUNTINGWEB.COM, piece of work OUTLOOK 2005 SURVEY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF guilds AND EMPLOYERS

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