Auditing

Auditing programs prepare individuals, including certified accountants, to perform independent internal and external appraisals to evaluate organizational financial and operational activities, ensure compliance with laws and policies, safeguard assets, and promote effective planning and resource allocation. Includes instruction in advanced accounting, audit tools and techniques, sampling, risk and control, audit planning, audit function management, law and regulations, environmental auditing, information technology applications, professional standards and ethics, and specific industry and service sector problems.

Puerto Rico grants the most Bachelors degrees in Auditing of all US states with 22 degrees being granted last year. Students interested in Auditing can expect about 46% percent of their fellow classmates to be men and 54% percent to be women. The majority students graduating in this field earn a Masters degree. The average starting salary for an undergraduate degree in Auditing is $45,200.