The surprise in BusinessWeek's second annual ranking: Accounting firms have raced to the head of the pack

"Accountants used to be spoofed as bean counters—dutiful, middle-aged, gray-suited men with considerable

analytical expertise but little charisma. That was during the good times. After their uninspiring performances

in the corporate scandals of recent years, accounting seemed like a profession without much of a future,

and the firms certainly no place to launch a career. Scratch that. This year accountants became sexy.

Accounting firms dominated BusinessWeek's second annual ranking of the best companies for new

college graduates: Deloitte & Touche is No. 1, followed by PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young.

The last of the Big Four, KPMG, moved up four spots, to No. 11."

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