The Numbers Are In

A Statistical Profile of CGAs

• #1 — Rank in size of CGA-BC among province’s professional accounting bodies
• 71,000 — Number of CGAs and CGA students worldwide
• 95 per cent — Employment rate for Canada’s CGAs working in finance and accounting
• 92 per cent — Percentage of British Columbians that hold CGAs in high regard (2006 Synovate survey)
• 2 in 3 — Ratio of all post-secondary business students enrolled in a designated accounting program that have chosen CGA
• $46,500 — Average yearly salary of CGA-BC students while they are in the program (2008 Synovate survey)
• 100 per cent — Percentage of CGA graduates that hold at least a bachelor’s degree
• One half — Ratio of all CGA students that receive financial support from employers for their studies
• 38 per cent — Percentage of CGA students that receive full course compensation from their employer (2008 Synovate survey)
• 170 — Number of countries through international partners like ACCA and CPA Australia that recognize the CGA designation as a professional standard of accounting excellence
• Infinite — Earnings potential (Ok, maybe not infinite, but CGAs among the top five percent of income earnings in Canada)