California contains 190 schools that offer forensic accounting programs. University of Southern California, the highest-ranking forensic accounting school in CA, has a total student population of 34,824 and is the 10th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 190 forensic accounting schools in California, only 8 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Stanbridge College comes out as the most expensive ($84,600/yr), with California State University-Los Angeles as the lowest recorded at only $3,263/yr.
Forensic Accounting students from California schools who go on to become forensic accountants, forensics specialists, crime scene forensics specialists, computer forensics specialists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 1,106,980 people working as accountants and auditors alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $67,430. Also, Bill and account collectors make on average $32,560 per year and there are about 403,100 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the California alone, there are 41,080 employed bill and account collectors earning an average yearly salary of $37,680. Accountants and auditors in this state earn $72,170/yr and there are 119,890 employed.
Also, within the forensic accounting schools in California, the average student population is 4,206 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from forensic accounting, there are 18354 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 4,230 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $1,817, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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