Accounting at Howard Community College

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what Howard Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

HCC is located in Columbia, Maryland and approximately 9,566 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.

HCC Accounting Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Accounting (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Accounting

HCC Accounting Rankings

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Accounting Student Demographics at HCC

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

HCC Accounting Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of accounting associate's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

HCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in accounting graduates 26% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Accounting

If you plan to be a accounting major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Howard Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	24

Related Majors

• Business Support & Assistant Services
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Business Administration & Management
• 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 MD, the home state for Howard Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Accountants and Auditors	25,020	$82,610
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	21,490	$45,450
Financial Managers	12,550	$152,180
Financial Analysts	5,640	$92,800
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	2,340	$51,610

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.