The AICPA’s “2019 Trends in the Supply of Accounting Graduates and the Demand for Public Accounting Recruits” breaks down the new face of the profession as it enters a new decade.
The biennial report, first published in 1971, is based on university responses from the 2017-2018 academic year and U.S. accounting firm responses from the 2018 calendar year. This year’s report found that the face of the profession is changing — between more diverse candidates and a rise in non-accountants hired by firms.