Accounting at Great Basin College

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if Great Basin College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting program.

Great Basin College is located in Elko, Nevada and approximately 3,772 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.

Great Basin College Accounting Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at Great Basin College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Great Basin College does offer online courses in accounting for the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

Great Basin College Accounting Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Accounting Student Demographics at Great Basin College

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

Great Basin College Accounting Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of accounting associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Great Basin College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in accounting graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Business Support & Assistant Services
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Business Administration & Management

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 NV, the home state for Great Basin College.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	11,240	$40,100
Accountants and Auditors	8,430	$66,600
Financial Managers	5,890	$123,890
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1,380	$45,180
Financial Analysts	840	$83,370

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Visitor7 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.