Somali Undergraduate Students’ Perception towards the Accounting Profession

Abstract: This article investigated Somali
undergraduate students’ perception towards the
accounting profession. A comparison was also made
of the perceptions of male and female undergraduate
students. Sixty five students were met and the
demographic profile of the respondents was age,
gender and marital status. Descriptive statistics for
overall perceptions were presented. To analyze the
perception variations based on gender the study
utilized a frequency distribution. It was found that
undergraduate students hold positive views of the
accounting profession considering it to be interesting,
prestigious and well respected profession. Both male
and female students have positive perception towards
the profession and both of