A degree in Accounting allows you to help individuals and businesses manage finances efficiently, ensuring financial health and informed decision-making.

Why Consider an Accounting Degree?

A career that relies on your ability to think critically and creatively appeals to you.
This in-demand expertise is vital in order for organizations to make informed business decisions.
Accounting is universally respected and plays a vital role in all organizations.
Many opportunities are available for specialization and advancement.

Why Learn at Lakeshore?

Many courses are offered in a flexible mix of online and in-person formats.
Start in August or January.
In addition to teaching experience, instructors have years of experience in a wide variety of accounting environments.
Smoothly transfer your degree to your choice of several university partners to complete a bachelor’s degree.
Because of our low student-to-faculty ratio, you’ll get to know instructors and fellow students.

What It Takes

Interest in working with numbers
Creative thinking skills
Attention to detail
Desire and appreciation for accuracy
Critical thinking skills
Commitment to honest and ethical practices

Career Area

Finance

Type

Associate Degree

Program Number

10-101-1

Availability

Online

Associate Degree
4 Terms if attending full-time
9 Terms if attending part-time, online or evening
60 Credits
Financial Aid Eligible
Starts August / January
Delivery Modes: Day, Evening, and Online

Career Outlook

Accounting

Median Income: $45,756.48*

POTENTIAL JOB TITLES

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Bills and Account Collectors

Locate and notify customers of delinquent accounts by mail, telephone, or personal visit to solicit payment. Duties include receiving payment and posting amount to customer's account, preparing statements to credit department if customer fails to respond, initiating repossession proceedings or service disconnection, and keeping records of collection and status of accounts.

Billing and Posting Clerks

Compile, compute, and record billing, accounting, statistical, and other numerical data for billing purposes. Prepare billing invoices for services rendered or for delivery or shipment of goods.

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

Compute, classify, and record numerical data to keep financial records complete. Perform any combination of routine calculating, posting, and verifying duties to obtain primary financial data for use in maintaining accounting records. May also check the accuracy of figures, calculations, and postings pertaining to business transactions recorded by other workers.

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

Compile and record employee time and payroll data. May compute employees’ time worked, production, and commission. May compute and post wages and deductions, or prepare paychecks.

Tax Preparers

Prepare tax returns for individuals or small businesses.

Disclosure:

*As with any survey data, the wages presented here are prone to error and sampling bias. Educational decisions should not be entirely based on the data presented here. Graduate Outcome Survey data is from 2022-23 Lakeshore graduates.

Transfer Options

Career Pathways Admissions Flexible Learning Courses

View Accounting Career Pathway

Program Cost

Tuition Cost: $9,648.20
Book Cost: $1,136.00
Supply Cost: $0.00
Program Total: $10,754.20

Designed to fit your life schedule, iFlex scheduling provides flexibility to attend courses through a blend of online and face-to-face, totally online, or flexing between these two modes on a weekly basis. Students will have identical learning components (assessments and lecture materials) whether sitting in the classroom or learning online.

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Faculty Bios

Chris Cheske

There is no better experience than guiding a student through his or her journey. The student's joy on graduation day is the ultimate sign of success.

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Julie Meyer

Our diverse students in the day, evening, and online modalities makes instructing courses ever-changing. Watching students develop their skills, gain confidence, have success, and graduate is inspiring as their instructor.

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