The next face of the accounting profession

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.