However, the expertise developed while in government service may be marketable in the private sector, and there are numerous examples of accountants who switch from government to public or private practice at significant increases in compensation. Graduate education offers opportunities for accountants. Graduates of prestigious MBA programs can command high starting salaries. Several recent Creighton Department of Accounting graduates have attended such prestigious graduate programs as Stanford, Wharton, the University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois. While there is compression of salaries over time, there are additional rewards from being in the educational part of the accounting profession.
Accounting offers significant professional satisfaction as a business career.
Employment and placement opportunities are varied, and Creighton is fortunate in that many nationally recognized firms recruit graduates from the accounting program and place these graduates in locations around the world.