Accounting at Nassau Community College

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

Nassau Community College is located in Garden City, New York and approximately 13,864 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.

Nassau Community College Accounting Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Accounting

Nassau Community College Accounting Rankings

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Accounting Student Demographics at Nassau Community College

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

Nassau Community College Accounting Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of accounting associate's degrees went to men and 47% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in accounting only graduates about 42% men each year. The program at Nassau Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 11% more women than average.

Nassau Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in accounting graduates 35% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	13
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Accounting

The following accounting concentations are available at Nassau Community College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Nassau Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	72

Related Majors

• General Sales & Marketing
• Business Support & Assistant Services
• Hospitality Management
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• Marketing

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 NY, the home state for Nassau Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Accountants and Auditors	110,780	$96,300
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	104,580	$45,590
Financial Analysts	53,250	$137,270
Financial Managers	42,460	$210,510
Financial Examiners	9,030	$115,980

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.