New York contains 144 schools that offer bookkeeping programs. New York University, the highest-ranking bookkeeping school in NY, has a total student population of 43,404 and is the 13th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 144 bookkeeping schools in New York, only 13 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, New York University comes out as the most expensive ($34,011/yr), with CUNY Queens College as the lowest recorded at only $5,594/yr.
Bookkeeping students from New York schools who go on to become bookkeepers, bookkeeping clerks, accounting managers, accounting officers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 1,757,870 people working as bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $34,750. Also, Accountants and auditors make on average $67,430 per year and there are about 1,106,980 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the New York alone, there are 99,200 employed accountants and auditors earning an average yearly salary of $84,280. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in this state earn $38,570/yr and there are 130,140 employed.
Also, within the bookkeeping schools in New York, the average student population is 2,856 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from bookkeeping, there are 10195 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 3,318 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,933, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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