Accounting at Housatonic Community College

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

Housatonic Community College is located in Bridgeport, Connecticut and approximately 3,821 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.

Housatonic Community College Accounting Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Accounting

Housatonic Community College Accounting Rankings

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Accounting Student Demographics at Housatonic Community College

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

Housatonic Community College Accounting Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of accounting associate's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in accounting only graduates about 42% men each year. The program at Housatonic Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 4% more women than average.

Housatonic Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in accounting graduates 41% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• General Business/Commerce

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 CT, the home state for Housatonic Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	17,520	$47,890
Financial Managers	15,750	$167,160
Accountants and Auditors	14,550	$84,890
Financial Analysts	6,240	$105,950
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1,820	$53,010

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.