Bachelor of Arts in Accounting
New York, USA
BA
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The Bachelor of Arts in Accounting at Nyack College trains Christian business leaders in accounting and a Bible-based ethical foundation. The curriculum targets the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam and covers cost/managerial, intermediate, accounting systems, auditing, federal income tax, and advanced accounting. Students choose Corporate or CPA/Honors tracks. The programme stresses financial management, public accounting, tax practice, auditing, cost accounting, and ethical decision-making.
Career Outcomes: Alumni work at the Big Four, regional firms, banks, government, the World Bank, and law enforcement. Graduates pursue roles including Accountant, Financial Manager, Tax Practitioner, Auditor, and Consultant. Enter corporate accounting and financial services.
Nyack’s Accounting major is designed to train future Christian business leaders as they become the financial managers, public accountants, and tax practitioners of tomorrow. Today’s complex business environment requires highly competent and well-trained management.
Why Study Accounting at Nyack?
Nyack offers technical training coupled with a strong Bible-based, ethical foundation. These features of our program uniquely qualify our students to fill key roles in the business world of today and the future.
By modeling exemplary behavior, our students will make a strong, positive impact for Jesus Christ on the business community and on the investing/consuming public at large. It is a message and an example that the business world desperately wants and needs.
Tracks
- Corporate track
- CPA/Honors track
What Will I Study?
Our curriculum focuses on preparing each student to successfully complete the examination for becoming a licensed Certified Public Accountant. However, the curriculum is also broad enough to enable students interested in careers in other areas of accounting (for example, general accounting, tax preparation and consulting, cost accounting, and internal auditing) to gain the knowledge required to enter those areas.
Once students have taken the two required basic accounting courses (Principles of Accounting I and II), they then take the following seven accounting courses before obtaining their bachelor’s degree in accounting:
- Cost/Managerial Accounting
- Intermediate Accounting I
- Intermediate Accounting II
- Accounting with Computers
- Auditing
- Federal Income Tax
- Advanced Accounting
Making a Nyack education Affordable
Last year the office of Student Financial Services awarded over $8.5 million in grants and scholarships to over 95% of our students. We are committed to making a Nyack College education affordable and are working to lower the out-of-pocket costs for our students.
Final awards are determined by Nyack through your Award Letter.
- (Public) Accountant
- Financial Manager
- Tax Practitioner
- Auditor
- Consultant
Our Graduates
Nyack College’s accounting graduates have gone on to work for all four of the “Big Four” public accounting firms as well as small-sized and medium-sized accounting firms. They are working in banking and other financial services, both large and small private industries (e.g., manufacturing, merchandising, and services), and recruiting. Some of our graduates have worked for the government (both federal and state), the World Bank, and even law enforcement (both federal and local).
