Accounting

Gainful Employment Program Disclosure

Accounting Assistant, Accounting Paraprofessional Certificate, Practical Accounting Certificate

Institution OPEID: 005373

PROGRAM NAME & LENGTH

CIP

52.0302

CIP Program description

Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping. A program that prepares individuals to provide technical administrative support to professional accountants and other financial management personnel. Includes instruction in posting transactions to accounts, record-keeping systems, accounting software operation, and general accounting principles and practices. 

Level for this program

 Certificate

Program length in months

Accounting Assistant: 6  months (2 quarters)

Accounting Paraprofessional Certificate: 18 months (5 quarters)

I-BEST Accounting Assistant: 9 months (3 quarters)

Practical Accounting Certificate: 15 months (4 quarters)

RELATED OCCUPATIONS 

 SOC

COST

Total tuition and required fees for the entire program completed in normal time

Accounting Assistant: $2,774

Accounting Paraprofessional Certificate: $7,601

I-BEST Accounting Assistant: $3,772

Practical Accounting Certificate: $6,135

Total estimated costs for books and supplies for the entire program

Accounting Assistant: $947

Accounting Paraprofessional Certificate: $3,438

I-BEST Accounting Assistant: $1,023

Practical Accounting Certificate: $2,311

Program cost information is available on LWIT's website.

DEBT AT PROGRAM COMPLETION

Number of students completing the program between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011: 26

Of the 26 completers reported above, the number completing with any student loan debt: 3

For all students (both borrowers and non-borrowers) completing the program between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011, the median cumulative debt for each of the following:

• Federal student loan debt: $0

• Private loan debt: $0

PROGRAM COMPLETION IN NORMAL TIME

The normal time in months to complete program as published in your institution catalog:

Accounting Assistant: 6 months (2 quarters)

Accounting Paraprofessional Certificate: 18 months (5 quarters)

I-BEST Accounting Assistant: 9 months (3 quarters)

Practical Accounting Certificate: 15 months (4 quarters)

Of the 26 students completing the program between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011, the number who completed the program within the normal time reported above: 13

JOB PLACEMENT

At this time Lake Washington Institute of Technology is not disclosing this information. There is no requirement by the State or an accreditor to calculate a placement rate for either the institution as a whole or for the specific GE Program, therefore LWIT does not need to disclose a placement rate. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is currently developing a methodology that will be used to calculate placement rates for GE Programs. When the NCES methodology becomes available, LWIT will use it to calculate a GE Program's placement rate.