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While AI stokes <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="career anxiety" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/colorado-springs/2026/06/05/ai-college-students-change-studies" data-vars-content-id="a833d702-1191-4890-b863-4d501095e95f" data-vars-headline="Accounting sees enrollment jump as career worries grow" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/colorado-springs/2026/06/05/ai-college-students-change-studies" target="_self">career anxiety</a>, more college students are looking to accounting as a steady, high-paying bet.The big picture: The stereotypically &quot;dull and tedious&quot; job, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Fortune" data-vars-click-url="https://fortune.com/2026/04/05/gen-z-college-graduates-saving-accounting-six-figure-entry-level-jobs-tax-season/" data-vars-content-id="a833d702-1191-4890-b863-4d501095e95f" data-vars-headline="Accounting sees enrollment jump as career worries grow" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://fortune.com/2026/04/05/gen-z-college-graduates-saving-accounting-six-figure-entry-level-jobs-tax-season/" target="_blank">Fortune</a> reports, &quot;has struggled for years to attract young talent.&quot; But that&#x27;s starting to change.

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