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Explore Accounting
Ready to take your career forward? Whether you are hoping to become an accountant and earn your CPA, or you want more experience in financial accounting for your organization, earning your graduate accounting certificate online can give you the skill set you need to understand and interpret financial statements and information in a variety of settings. This graduate certificate in accounting credential can deepen your insights in accounting principles and applied knowledge to bring this invaluable skill set to your career.
Build Your Career Future
The graduate certificate in accounting online program can offer an edge to managers in a number of industries and organizational settings. This certificate also provides a foundation for those interested in a career in accounting.
Note: All certificates, undergraduate and graduate, must be submitted individually to the U.S. Department of Education for review and approval before students can utilize Federal aid to pay for them. This certificate is awaiting approval, which we expect shortly. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact your enrollment coach or email us at onlineadmissions@champlain.edu.
Program Curriculum
Learn more about Champlain's 100% online accounting graduate certificate, designed for working professionals.
Students learn about the accounting process and how businesses move from individual transactions to financial reports. Students explore the integration among various financial reports as well as the impact of transactions on the financial position and profitability of a business.
Cost accounting presents the behavioral aspects of accounting and identifies essential data that managers use for planning and controlling, costing products and services, and performance measurement. Students study the basic concepts, uses, and procedures related to types of costs and costing systems and use this information to solve business problems. They will develop quantitative and qualitative analytical skills to analyze and interpret raw data that support the business decision-making process and inventory costing.
Prerequisites
Advances your understanding of how to use financial information to value and analyze firms. Uses an understanding of a firm's strategy, what is contained in financial reports, why firms report certain information, and how to be a sophisticated user of this information. Evaluates current performance and its future sustainability, forecasts future profitability and risk, and values businesses using earnings and book value data. Develops a foundation to effectively communicate financial information.
Additional Program Details
Graduates of the accounting online graduate certificate program will demonstrate the following industry-specific skills, knowledge, and competencies:
- Create financial statements from transactions that occur over a period of time.
- Include financial information to solve business problems.
- Analyze and integrate business information, including financial statements, to interpret past performance and predict future performance.
Our admissions team seeks to admit students who:
- Hold a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution.
- Demonstrate a solid academic foundation - a minimum 2.5 GPA is our recommendation, though exceptions may be made on a case-by-case basis for those who demonstrate a potential for academic success in other ways.
- Possess an aptitude for success in an online learning environment.
- Exhibit the ability to make a positive contribution to the Champlain College Online community.
- The GMAT and/or GRE are NOT required for admission into a Champlain online graduate program.
To learn more about submitting transcripts, or requirements for those educated abroad or returning students visit our graduate Admissions page.
Our transfer credit evaluation team works hard to ensure you get the transfer credits you deserve, from a variety of sources including prior college credits, work experience and training, military training and experience, and more. Our goal is to help you graduate from Champlain College Online as quickly and affordably as possible. Visit our Transfer Credit Options page to learn more.
Champlain College Online's business faculty, led by Department Chair Dr. Elaine Young, are expert practitioners in the field. Their industry expertise ensures that our business management curriculum is aligned with the needs of employers, and reflects the skills today’s business professionals need for success. Classes led by our seasoned experts will give you real-world insight into the business world, and create a rich community of career-focused learning.
Many certificate students come to us seeking ways to get noticed at their current employers or to get hired in a new field. Given that, we are hyper focused on increasing the career mobility of our students and that's why we developed the Fast Start Formula Career Bundle, a suite of career offerings designed to help our students get noticed, get hired and land jobs they'll love.
Valued at over $1,000, the career bundle is offered to Champlain College Online students and includes:
- Fast Start Formula Course: The Fast Start Formula Course for getting noticed and getting hired is taught by Jen Morris, an executive career coach that we've developed a partnership with to support our students in their job search journeys. This course is online, self-paced and full of tips and tricks to land a job you'll love.
- Live Webinars: Log-on to ask your specific job search questions, get live “hot seat” coaching and gain valuable insights from leading career coach, Jen Morris.
- Landing A Job You'll Love Ebook: Download this ebook full of tips and tricks for standing out from the competition. From how to optimize your LinkedIn profile, to insider information on how recruiters work and bypassing the automated application websites, you’ll be sure to learn how rise to the top.
Upon enrollment in a degree or certificate, your access to the Fast Start Formula Career Bundle will made available to you.
Tuition & Costs
Graduate Tuition Fall '25 - Summer '26
$595
per credit
$450
PER CREDIT FOR ALUMNI*, associate degree graduates, Servicemembers, Veterans**, and family members of veterans and servicemembers
$150
One-time graduation fee
Tuition & Costs
Graduate Tuition Fall '26 - Summer '27
$608
per credit
$500
PER CREDIT FOR ALUMNI*, associate degree graduates, Servicemembers, Veterans**, and family members of veterans and servicemembers
$150
One-time graduation fee
See the graduate cost of attendance and fees here
* Alumni is defined, for this tuition rate, as any degree program graduate from Champlain College or Champlain College Online.
** Veteran rate effective Spring 2025, not retroactive
Affordability and Paying For Your Education
We provide a number of options to make your online education affordable, including preferred tuition for alumni, associate degree graduates, community college graduates, and military.
Accomplish More With a Graduate Certificate in Accounting
Business and financial occupations are expected to grow 8% from 2020 to 2030, as a result of an increasingly complex global business landscape.* More specifically, management analyst jobs are projected to grow 14% between 2020 and 2030, with a median salary of $87,660 per year.*
*Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), 2020
Top Reason to Earn a Graduate Certificate
- Build new skills
- Earn a recognized credential
- Differentiate your resume
- Test a new field
- Pursue a passion
- Demonstrate subject matter expertise
Why Champlain
Career Growth
"I had a two-year degree and knew I would need a bachelor's to advance. I saw that the U.S. Department of Labor projected a high demand for employees in accounting, and Champlain is ranked one of the top schools for accounting, so it was the right fit."
Ann Murray
Bachelor's Degree in Accounting
Payroll & Accounts Payable Clerk, Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District
Academic Excellence and Recognition
Regionally accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education
Designated as a Military Friendly School for our commitment to the military community
Ranked among the best by Tech Guide for game design and computer science
Named the among the best schools with accelerated bachelor's degrees by Intelligent.com
Meet the Program Director
Elaine Young, PhD
Department Chair
Oversees
- Accounting (Certificates, A.S., B.S., M.S.)
- Analytics (Certificates, M.S. Programs)
- Business (Certificates, A.S.,B.S.,MBA)
- Digital Marketing (B.S.)
- Digital Marketing and Technology (M.S.)
- Digital Media (B.S.)
- Esports Management (B.S.)
- Finance (Certificates, A.S., B.S.)
- Healthcare (all programs)
- Human Resource Management
- Leadership (Organizational and Digital Transformation)
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing (M.S.)
- Marketing Analytics (M.S.)
- Marketing & Communication (B.S.)
- Marketing Management (B.S.)
- Positive Organization Development Certificate
- Positive Organizational Psychology & Development
- Project Management
- Public Administration
About
Dr. Elaine Young is the Program Director for all business programs, and Curriculum Innovation Faculty Lead, at Champlain College Online.
As chair, Dr. Young manages the faculty, curriculum, and assessment for undergraduate and graduate programs in the business programs as well as developing and teaching courses. As Curriculum Innovation Faculty Lead, Dr. Young supports creation of new curriculum offerings that serve both the needs of adults continuing their education and employers who need educational opportunities for their employees. Prior to her leadership role at Champlain College Online, Dr. Young has been part of the Champlain College community since 2000 as a professor and faculty advisor for traditional on-campus students. She is a HubSpot Educator and a Certified Appreciative Advisor.
Dr. Young has a Ph.D. in Organizational Management from Capella University, where her dissertation research examined technology use and adoption of college students. In addition, she holds an M.S. in Internet Strategy Management from Marlboro College, a B.S. in Communication and Public Relations from SUNY Brockport and an A.S. in Communication from Genesee Community College. Dr. Young has over ten years of experience in the Marketing and Public Affairs profession, specializing in nonprofits. She is the author of “Tuned-in Family: How to Cope, Communicate and Connect in a Digital World” (2014).
Frequently Asked Questions
Following are some frequently asked questions for our graduate certificate in accounting program.
Prerequisites typically include a bachelor’s degree and foundational knowledge in accounting or related fields. The GMAT and GRE are not required for admission into Champlain’s online graduate programs. For a complete list of application requirements, please visit the graduate admissions page.
Yes, credits earned may be transferred to a related master’s degree program at Champlain College Online. For more information, review transfer credit options on our website or contact the admissions team today.
This certificate can lead to roles such as financial analyst, auditor, tax advisor, or accounting manager.
The program provides a solid foundation, but additional requirements are needed to sit for the CPA exam.
No, the program is entirely online with no in-person requirements, offering flexibility for working professionals.
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