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Basic Certificate in Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping

Basic Certificates in Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping

7,954 Yearly Graduations
71% Women
51% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were female, and 51% were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 2.5% of accounting technology and bookkeeping graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Accounting Technology and Bookkeeping Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 7,954 people earned their basic certificate in accounting technology and bookkeeping. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in accounting technology and bookkeeping at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Basic Certificate 7,954
Associate Degree 5,812
Undergraduate Certificate 2,892
Bachelor’s Degree 209

Earnings of Accounting Technology and Bookkeeping Majors With Basic Certificates

We are unable to calculate the median earnings for accounting technology and bookkeeping majors with their basic certificate due to lack of data.

Student Debt

We do not have the data to estimate the median debt for this class of people.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their basic certificate in accounting technology and bookkeeping. About 71.3% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 2,279
Women 5,675
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The racial-ethnic distribution of accounting technology and bookkeeping basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 881
Black or African American 746
Hispanic or Latino 2,087
White 3,460
International Students 198
Other Races/Ethnicities 582
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Below are some popular majors that are similar to accounting technology and bookkeeping that offer basic certificates.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
General Accounting 1,771
Accounting & Finance 1,133
Accounting Management 142
Other Accounting 113
Auditing 37

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

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