by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Accounting and Business/Management. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Accounting is a major offered under the business, management and marketing program of study at Alaska Career College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the associate degree program in accounting, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Accounting students who received their associate degree at Alaska Career College took out an average of $20,000 in student loans. That is 9% lower than the national average of $21,925.
The median early career salary of accounting students who receive their associate degree from Alaska Career College is $35,060 per year. That is 18% higher than the national average of $29,813.
Alaska Career College does not offer an online option for its accounting associate degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Alaska Career College Online Learning page.
Women made up around 66.7% of the accounting students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 71.7%.
Around 57.1% of accounting associate degree recipients at Alaska Career College in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 43%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 4 |
| Black or African American | 4 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
| White | 7 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Accounting students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Accounting and Business/Management | 21 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Human Resource Management | 18 |
*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.
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