Accounting and Related Services programs in New York
90 schools in New York teach this, at certificate or associate level. 24 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $38,289 at SUNY Adirondack.
What this work pays in New York
Accountants and Auditors in New York earn a median of $102,640 a year across 109,830 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
| Also leads to | Median | Jobs in New York |
|---|---|---|
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | $58,160 | 84,280 |
| Financial Managers | $219,880 | 80,810 |
| Financial and Investment Analysts | $127,930 | 52,380 |
| Financial Examiners | $128,920 | 13,480 |
| Financial Risk Specialists | $136,830 | 12,060 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUNY Adirondack Queensbury | Associate's degree | — | $38,289 (12 grads) | 4 |
| Herkimer County Community College Herkimer | Associate's degree | — | $37,424 (12 grads) | 12 |
| Monroe Community College Rochester | Associate's degree | — | $33,993 (19 grads) | 14 |
| Nassau Community College Garden City | Associate's degree | $9,000 | $33,993 (14 grads) | 39 |
| Niagara County Community College Sanborn | Associate's degree | $11,000 | $33,993 (13 grads) | 29 |
| CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College New York | Associate's degree | $9,500 | $31,374 (74 grads) | 114 |
| Hudson Valley Community College Troy | Associate's degree | $12,219 | $30,771 (22 grads) | 26 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Albany Albany | Associate's degree | $22,077 | $29,685 (57 grads) | 4 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo Buffalo | Associate's degree | $22,077 | $29,685 (57 grads) | 10 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Greece Rochester | Associate's degree | $22,077 | $29,685 (57 grads) | 2 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Online Orchard Park | Associate's degree | $22,077 | $29,685 (57 grads) | 39 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Syracuse North Liverpool | Associate's degree | $22,077 | $29,685 (57 grads) | 1 |
| Jefferson Community College Watertown | Associate's degree | — | $29,685 (13 grads) | 16 |
| Suffolk County Community College Selden | Associate's degree | $7,500 | $29,685 (56 grads) | 76 |
| The College of Westchester White Plains | Associate's degree | — | $29,685 (11 grads) | 6 |
| CUNY Kingsborough Community College Brooklyn | Associate's degree | — | $28,236 (24 grads) | 61 |
| Finger Lakes Community College Canandaigua | Associate's degree | $16,743 | $27,642 (29 grads) | 20 |
| SUNY Broome Community College Binghamton | Associate's degree | — | $27,439 (12 grads) | 6 |
| CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City | Associate's degree | — | $25,194 (59 grads) | 142 |
| CUNY Hostos Community College Bronx | Associate's degree | — | $24,035 (15 grads) | 37 |
| Monroe University Bronx | Associate's degree | $15,857 | $23,649 (11 grads) | 20 |
| CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn | Associate's degree | — | $21,508 (11 grads) | 54 |
| CUNY Queensborough Community College Bayside | Associate's degree | — | $20,836 (12 grads) | 54 |
| Metropolitan Learning Institute Rego Park | Undergraduate certificate | — | $16,954 (242 grads) | 37 |
| Fulton-Montgomery Community College Johnstown | Associate's degree | — | not published | 3 |
| Mohawk Valley Community College Utica | Associate's degree | $7,730 | not published | 18 |
| Adelphi University Garden City | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Alliance Computing Solutions Flushing | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Albany Albany | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo Buffalo | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Greece Rochester | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Online Orchard Park | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 11 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Syracuse North Liverpool | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College New York | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 10 |
| CUNY Bronx Community College Bronx | Associate's degree | — | not published | 10 |
| CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| CUNY Queensborough Community College Bayside | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Clinton Community College Plattsburgh | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| Columbia-Greene Community College Hudson | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Columbia-Greene Community College Hudson | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Daemen University Amherst | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 57 |
| Dutchess Community College Poughkeepsie | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 4 |
| Dutchess Community College Poughkeepsie | Associate's degree | — | not published | 6 |
| EDP School Brooklyn | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 10 |
| Elyon College Brooklyn | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Elyon College Brooklyn | Associate's degree | — | not published | 6 |
| Erie Community College Buffalo | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 7 |
| Farmingdale State College Farmingdale | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 3 |
| Genesee Community College Batavia | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Genesee Community College Batavia | Associate's degree | — | not published | 12 |
| Hilbert College Hamburg | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Hudson Valley Community College Troy | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 11 |
| Jamestown Community College Jamestown | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Jefferson Community College Watertown | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Le Moyne College Syracuse | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Long Island University Brookville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Manhattan School of Computer Technology Brooklyn | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Mercy University Dobbs Ferry | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Mildred Elley School-Albany Campus Albany | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Mount Saint Mary College Newburgh | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Niagara County Community College Sanborn | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Onondaga Community College Syracuse | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Orange County Community College Middletown | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Orange County Community College Middletown | Associate's degree | — | not published | 16 |
| Pace University New York | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Plaza College Forest Hills | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Plaza College Forest Hills | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Rockland Community College Suffern | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Rockland Community College Suffern | Associate's degree | — | not published | 7 |
| SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill Cobleskill | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| SUNY College of Technology at Alfred Alfred | Associate's degree | — | not published | 7 |
| SUNY College of Technology at Canton Canton | Associate's degree | — | not published | 9 |
| SUNY College of Technology at Delhi Delhi | Associate's degree | — | not published | 3 |
| SUNY Corning Community College Corning | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| SUNY Morrisville Morrisville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| SUNY Westchester Community College Valhalla | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| SUNY Westchester Community College Valhalla | Associate's degree | — | not published | 47 |
| Schenectady County Community College Schenectady | Associate's degree | — | not published | 8 |
| Siena University Loudonville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| St. Joseph's University-New York Brooklyn | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Suffolk County Community College Selden | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 4 |
| Sullivan County Community College Loch Sheldrake | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Sullivan County Community College Loch Sheldrake | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| The College of Westchester White Plains | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Tompkins Cortland Community College Dryden | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 3 |
| Tompkins Cortland Community College Dryden | Associate's degree | — | not published | 5 |
| Ulster County Community College Stone Ridge | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Ulster County Community College Stone Ridge | Associate's degree | — | not published | 6 |
A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.
Email me when these figures change
The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Accounting and Related Services — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.