What Can I Do With This Major?

Careers In Accounting

Sample Job Titles (some of the following titles may require additional education)

  • Accountant
  • Accounting Assistant
  • Accounting Clerk
  • Accounting Manager
  • Accounts Payable Clerk
  • Accounts Receivable Clerk
  • Bookkeeper
  • Budget Analyst
  • Certified Internal Auditor
  • Chief Financial Officer ‐ CFO
  • Comptroller/Controller
  • CPA
  • Forensic Accountant
  • Government Accounting
  • Payroll Clerk
  • Staff Accountant
  • Tax Accountant

Our Graduates...Where Are They Now?

Alumni who graduated in the past 1 to 5 years have obtained employment as:
  • Financial Accounting Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
  • Senior Accountant, O'Connor Davies, LLP
  • Human Resource Specialist, Compensation and Benefits at Genpact, LLC
  • Accounting Operations Assistant Analyst, PepsiCo
  • Accountant Staff, The Culinary Institute of America
 
Alumni who graduated in the past 6 to 10 years have obtained employment as:
  • Senior Accountant, Vanacore, DeBenedictus, DiGovanni & Weddell, LLP
  • Worldwide Systems Accounting Team Lead, IBM
  • Accounting Support Senior Associate, Fidelity International
  • Business Operations Specialist, Accountant, TAG Solutions
  • Senior Associate, Risk Assurance, PwC
 
Alumni who graduated over 10 years ago have obtained employment as:
  • Partner, Mehl & Associates, LLP
  • Internal Auditor, Westchester Medical
  • Vice President for Administration and Finance, SUNY New Paltz
  • Chief Financial Officer, Richard Fleischman & Associates
  • Manager of Revenue and Billing, National Economic Research
  • Managing Partner, Wright and Carey Accounting, LLC
 
...In addition, alumni have completed the following graduate programs:
  • New York University ‐ Leonard N. Stern School of Business, MBA, Finance
  • University of Phoenix, MBA, Business Administration, Management and Operations
  • Marist College, MBA, Executive Leadership Certificate
  • State University of New York at New Paltz, MBA, Accounting
  • Pace University, M.S. in Accounting