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Accounting Clerk Diploma

Get job-ready fast. The Accounting Clerk Diploma is a 100% online program you can finish in just two semesters (31 credits). You will train on the software employers use every day, including QuickBooks, Sage, and Excel, and graduate ready to step into an accounting-support role.

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Career Outlook

The diploma prepares you for bookkeeping and accounting-support roles. Here is what the work pays and how much hiring is happening.

¹ U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, May 2024. As routine data entry becomes automated, these roles are shifting toward analysis and advisory work, and steady openings continue as workers retire or move on.

Program Highlights

• Hands-on QuickBooks certification training
• Computerized accounting with Sage
• Excel spreadsheet applications built for accounting
• Payroll accounting and applied income taxes
• Business math and business law for the workplace
• Finish in two semesters, fully online

What You'll Learn

The clerk diploma builds the core skills employers hire for:

• Recording and reconciling everyday transactions
• Running payroll
• Preparing invoices and managing accounts payable and receivable
• Using accounting software to keep accurate records

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Where This Can Take You

With an Accounting Clerk Diploma, you can step into roles such as:

• Accounting clerk or assistant
• Accounts payable or accounts receivable clerk
• Bookkeeper
• Accounting technician
• Fiscal technician

Want to go further? Your credits stack toward the Accounting Diploma and the Accounting AAS, so you can start working now and keep building later.

A Day on the Job

In a typical day, you might record the day's transactions, reconcile a bank statement, prepare invoices, process payroll, and keep a business's records accurate and up to date. It is steady, detail-focused work, and you are the person who keeps the numbers in order.

Paying for Your Diploma

At 31 credits, this is one of the most affordable ways to start an accounting career in southern ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½. Beyond the North Star Promise, several scholarships can help lower your cost, and financial aid staff can walk you through every option.

Last Updated: July 9, 2025