Accounting at LaGuardia Community College

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at LaGuardia Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

LaGuardia is located in Long Island City, New York and approximately 16,971 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

LaGuardia Accounting Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Accounting

LaGuardia Accounting Rankings

Accounting Student Demographics at LaGuardia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at LaGuardia Community College.

LaGuardia Accounting Associate’s Program

66% Women

82% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of accounting associate's degrees went to men and 66% went to women.

LaGuardia does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in accounting graduates 44% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from LaGuardia Community College with a associate's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	34
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	38
White	6
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Accounting

The following accounting concentations are available at LaGuardia Community College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from LaGuardia Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	173

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for LaGuardia Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Accountants and Auditors	110,780	$96,300
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	104,580	$45,590
Financial Analysts	53,250	$137,270
Financial Managers	42,460	$210,510
Financial Examiners	9,030	$115,980

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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