Undergrad Accounting Enrollment Reaches Highest Level Since 2020

The number of undergraduate students who enrolled in accounting programs last fall accelerated to nearly rival pre-pandemic levels, new data show.

Accounting enrollment rose 12% in fall 2024 compared to the prior year, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants said in a Wednesday statement, citing National Student Clearinghouse Research Center data. The cohort still was more than 8,500 students shy of the fall 2019 total.

Graduate level accounting enrollment, however, continued to fall. Enrollment at that level decreased 2.8% from ...