Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping at Santa Monica College

If you plan to study accounting technology/technician and bookkeeping, take a look at what Santa Monica College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SMC is located in Santa Monica, California and has a total student population of 25,948.

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

SMC Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at SMC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Associate’s Degree

SMC Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Accounting Technology and Bookkeeping Student Demographics at SMC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting technology and bookkeeping majors at Santa Monica College.

SMC Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of accounting technology and bookkeeping associate's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in accounting technology and bookkeeping only graduates about 26% men each year. The program at SMC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 17% more women than average.

SMC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in accounting technology and bookkeeping graduates 29% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

Careers That Accounting Technology and Bookkeeping Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting technology and bookkeeping can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for Santa Monica College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	186,970	$47,750
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	22,650	$51,520
Tax Preparers	10,200	$57,040
Brokerage Clerks	5,890	$58,130
Statistical Assistants	1,160	$50,250

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.