Online accounting degree?

Question

I am looking for a good online bachelors degree in accounting from a "real" college. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

May be this site can help you

http://www.sgpak.com

Answer 2

Many colleges and universities offer courses either online or by DVD/correspondence.  Check with the schools you would like to attend and see what they offer.

Other than places like University of Phoenix and the other schools that charge an outrageous amount for tuition, it isn't so easy to earn your entire degree online, in ANYthing.  The two state universities in my area offer maybe 12 hours out of the 30 hours required for an accounting degree.  They offer a few of the lower level business courses, but almost none of the upper level courses.  Sometimes they'll offer the first semester of a 2-semester sequence online, then only offer the second semester on campus.

Before you jump on the vocational/technical/community college bandwagon, have another look at your career goals.  If you want to become a CPA, you have to have a bachelor's degree with 30 or more hours of accounting.  If you already have a bachelor's in some other field, the 30 hours of accounting at a community college MIGHT satisfy your state's accountancy board so that you can eventually sit for the CPA exam.  If you're going for your first-ever bachelor's degree, you'll usually find that only your first 2 accounting courses are considered equivalent to a course at a 4-year college.  So if you get an associate degree in accounting and try to transfer to a 4-year school to finish a bachelor's, as much as 24 of your 30 hours of accounting will be thrown out and you'll have to retake the classes.

I've been looking for an online accounting degree for a long time, because I'm just not interested in fighting the parking hassles at the schools around here.  Like I said, the state schools offer some of the classes but not everything.  The online schools that do offer everything cost more than 4 times what my local universities charge.  My employer doesn't pay any of it and right now, I can't afford to shell out $1500 for ONE class.

Answer 3

Ruth is right, I flunked out of school and thought or was told I could not learn.  A few years later after waiting tables, went to VOTECH.

They helped me to get a GED high school equivalency test then gave me test for courses that I could actually pass.  As you can see English was not my best subject.  But at and early age I learn math from counting money.  So I enrolled in Accounting and did most of the work from books at home.  But they had night classes to help me which I took advantage of.  Eventually I got my degree and a good job.

Then after working for a construction company as accounting/ bookkeeper for a few years I ended up as assistant to the boss.

Running the place when he wasn't there.  He helped me to get my first house.  They build a two story on a super small lot, which for me was perfect.  Only 1000 sq ft.  but it is my own house and I love it.

I got a decent car and I am so grateful for that opportunity.  Never think you cannot do it.  Never did I dream without parents to help me I would ever own my own house and have a decent job and a new car.

By the way my small town house is almost paid for.

Answer 4

Go to a local college, perhaps VOTECH where you get vocational training.  It is not a regular college but just take the course in accounting.  You can work days and go to school in the evening classes.  They start at around 7pm and you go until 10pm

The rest is done at home by computers, say on weekends.  It is a real degree and you have to pass a test at the end of the course.

I know of several who have done that and got really good paying jobs.

One even had to go for a GED before taking the course to show she had high school credits.  But it gives you something to work for.

Answer 5

Go to your local college and ask, some colleges will do that.

Most colleges want you to take 4 year courses in just about everything.  I just wanted a good job.  

So found a college who lets me do a lot of the work at home on computers, and the course is just 2 years.

They have colleges that teach medical, welding, accounting and a bunch of other stuff, to help you get a job.

But it is just that program, my friend who loves computers took computer programmers.  I was amazed at how much he makes.

some of the other ones took, computer repair.  How to be a nerd.

Keeping office machines running and not crashing pays really well.

It was either 2 years or less.  There is a course believe it or not on how to repair printers and keeping them running.

One on air conditioners repair, and installing.  

Wasting 4 years in college taking a general course is for rich kids who don't actually want to work and they can make their parents think they are actually doing something.