Accounting at Pikes Peak Community College

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

PPCC is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and has a total student population of 12,506.

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

PPCC Accounting Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Accounting (Less Than 1 Year)
• Undergrad Certificate in Accounting (1 - 4 Years)
• Associate’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at PPCC

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? PPCC offers distance education options for accounting at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

PPCC 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 PPCC

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

PPCC Accounting Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of accounting associate's degrees went to men and 84% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in accounting at PPCC are white. Around 63% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. PPCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in accounting graduates 1% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• 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 CO, the home state for Pikes Peak Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Accountants and Auditors	36,290	$82,320
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	27,560	$42,830
Financial Managers	7,520	$163,740
Financial Analysts	3,770	$109,120
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	2,060	$49,980

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.