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Accounting and bookkeeping classes in Connecticut

11 accounting and bookkeeping programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free

6 schools offer these accounting and bookkeeping programs, and Connecticut has approved every one for workforce funding. Each shows its price if you pay yourself and how past students did.

Bookkeeping and accounting clerks record and check financial data so an organization keeps complete, accurate books. Some employers want college classes or a degree in accounting, others hire people with a high school diploma and train them on the job; certification is not usually required.1 In Connecticut, 2 of the 11 programs take students without a high school diploma, and 6 are taught partly or fully online.

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How much do accounting and bookkeeping classes cost in Connecticut?

$2,524 to $3,799 is what most accounting and bookkeeping programs in Connecticut cost if you pay yourself

That is the middle half of the 11 programs with a price. All of them: $1,650 to $7,968

In the typical program

Finished the program
94%
Working 6 months later
Not enough data
Earned a year, estimated
Not enough data
Length
15 to 52 weeks

Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are listed; other schools in Connecticut may also offer accounting and bookkeeping classes. How these figures are made

Are there free accounting and bookkeeping classes in Connecticut?

Who qualifies, and other ways to pay: financial aid, grants and the GI Bill

All 11 accounting and bookkeeping programs in Connecticut approved for WIOA funding

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11 programs

  • Accounting (associate degree)HybridHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Accounting, Associate in Science

    CT State Community College

    New Britain

    High school diploma or equivalent

    CT State Community College, New Britain · Accounting (associate degree) · Hybrid · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$3,813
    Program website, Accounting, Associate in Science at CT State Community College
    More details about Accounting, Associate in Science at CT State Community College
    Finished
    85%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    104 weeks, 9 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $4,155
    Students counted
    707
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $3,813

  • Accounting (associate degree)HybridHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Accounting, Associate in Science

    Asnuntuck Community College

    Enfield

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Asnuntuck Community College, Enfield · Accounting (associate degree) · Hybrid · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimated$58,600
    Price if you pay yourself$7,968
    Program website, Accounting, Associate in Science at Asnuntuck Community College
    More details about Accounting, Associate in Science at Asnuntuck Community College
    Finished
    92%
    Working at 6 months
    77%
    Earned in a quarter
    $14,662
    Length
    104 weeks, 9 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $4,155
    Students counted
    164
    a year, estimated
    $58,600
    price
    $7,968

  • Accounting certificateHybridHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Accounting Certificate

    CT State Community College

    New Britain

    High school diploma or equivalent

    CT State Community College, New Britain · Accounting certificate · Hybrid · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$3,940
    Program website, Accounting Certificate at CT State Community College
    More details about Accounting Certificate at CT State Community College
    Finished
    92%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    52 weeks, 6 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $1,887
    Students counted
    128
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $3,940

  • Bookkeeping certificate or courseIn personNo diploma needed

    Bookkeeper

    Naugatuck Valley Community College

    Waterbury

    No diploma needed

    Naugatuck Valley Community College, Waterbury · Bookkeeping certificate or course · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimated$45,600
    Price if you pay yourself$2,650
    Program website, Bookkeeper at Naugatuck Valley Community College
    More details about Bookkeeper at Naugatuck Valley Community College
    Finished
    95%
    Working at 6 months
    83%
    Earned in a quarter
    $11,404
    Length
    6 weeks, 17 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    112
    a year, estimated
    $45,600
    price
    $2,650

  • Bookkeeping certificate or courseHybridHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Accounting Assistant Certificate

    Asnuntuck Community College

    Enfield

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Asnuntuck Community College, Enfield · Bookkeeping certificate or course · Hybrid · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$3,320
    School website, Accounting Assistant Certificate at Asnuntuck Community College
    More details about Accounting Assistant Certificate at Asnuntuck Community College
    Finished
    100%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    52 weeks, 6 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $1,669
    Students counted
    32
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $3,320

  • QuickBooks and accounting softwareOnlineHigh school diploma or equivalent

    QuickBooks Certification

    Patrick's Academy

    Based in Meriden, CT

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Patrick's Academy, based in Meriden, CT · QuickBooks and accounting software · Online · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimated$36,100
    Price if you pay yourself$3,500

    5 students trained with WIOA funding

    School website, QuickBooks Certification at Patrick's Academy
    More details about QuickBooks Certification at Patrick's Academy
    Finished
    100%
    Working at 6 months
    80%
    Earned in a quarter
    $9,036
    Length
    8 weeks, 27 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    19
    a year, estimated
    $36,100
    price
    $3,500
    trained with WIOA funding
    5

  • Bookkeeping certificate or courseHybridHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Bookkeeper

    CT State Community College

    New Britain

    High school diploma or equivalent

    CT State Community College, New Britain · Bookkeeping certificate or course · Hybrid · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$2,399
    Program website, Bookkeeper at CT State Community College
    More details about Bookkeeper at CT State Community College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    17 weeks, 6 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $260
    Students counted
    41
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $2,399

  • QuickBooks and accounting softwareIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Microsoft Office and QuickBooks Certificate

    CT State Community College

    New Britain

    High school diploma or equivalent

    CT State Community College, New Britain · QuickBooks and accounting software · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$1,650
    Program website, Microsoft Office and QuickBooks Certificate at CT State Community College
    More details about Microsoft Office and QuickBooks Certificate at CT State Community College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    16 weeks, 7 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $250
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $1,650

  • QuickBooks and accounting softwareIn personNo diploma needed

    Microsoft Office and Quickbooks Certificate

    Northwestern Connecticut Community College

    Winsted

    No diploma needed

    Northwestern Connecticut Community College, Winsted · QuickBooks and accounting software · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$1,900
    Program website, Microsoft Office and Quickbooks Certificate at Northwestern Connecticut Community College
    More details about Microsoft Office and Quickbooks Certificate at Northwestern Connecticut Community College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    16 weeks, 7 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $250
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $1,900

  • Bookkeeping certificate or courseIn personEducation and courses

    Bookkeeping Certificate Program w/Quickbooks

    CT State Community College

    New Britain

    Education and courses

    CT State Community College, New Britain · Bookkeeping certificate or course · In person · Education and courses

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$3,324
    Program website, Bookkeeping Certificate Program w/Quickbooks at CT State Community College
    More details about Bookkeeping Certificate Program w/Quickbooks at CT State Community College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    14 weeks, 12 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $3,324

  • Bookkeeping certificate or courseIn personEducation and courses

    Bookkeeping Certification w/ Quickbooks

    Gateway Community College

    New Haven

    Education and courses

    Gateway Community College, New Haven · Bookkeeping certificate or course · In person · Education and courses

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$3,785
    School website, Bookkeeping Certification w/ Quickbooks at Gateway Community College
    More details about Bookkeeping Certification w/ Quickbooks at Gateway Community College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    24 weeks, 5 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $40
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $3,785

How to pay for accounting and bookkeeping classes in Connecticut

WIOA funding can pay for accounting and bookkeeping classes in Connecticut

Every program on this page is approved for WIOA funding: public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. It can pay for training for eligible adults, people who lost their job and young people.2People on public assistance, with a low income or lacking basic skills come first, and veterans have priority.3Your state or local area may limit how much WIOA pays and for how long. If a program costs more, a Pell Grant, a scholarship or severance pay can cover the rest.4

Ask at an American Job Center

Eligibility rules apply, and services vary from state to state. Your local American Job Center can tell you whether you qualify. The Department of Labor's page links to the center finder, or call 1-877-US-2JOBS (1-877-872-5627).5

Financial aid and grants for accounting and bookkeeping classes

Most students can get federal student aid for college, career school or trade school. A Federal Pell Grant, unlike a loan, usually doesn't have to be repaid. Ask the school whether its program qualifies.67

GI Bill for accounting and bookkeeping classes

Veterans, service members and qualified dependents can use GI Bill benefits for non-college training programs.8

The program list does not show which programs accept these. Ask the school.

Does WIOA pay for job training? Who qualifies and how to apply

Quick facts: Accounting and bookkeeping classes in Connecticut

lowest typical price among the states with enough programs to compare
8th of 36
accounting and bookkeeping programs here, against the typical state's 12
11 vs 12

State comparisons use the same figures as the accounting and bookkeeping classes by state table: the middle program of each state, and only states with three or more schools for prices. Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025).

Where the Connecticut accounting and bookkeeping program numbers come from

Which Connecticut accounting and bookkeeping programs are on this list?

These are the accounting and bookkeeping programs Connecticut approved for WIOA funding (public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), as reported to the US Department of Labor for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Each state keeps its approved programs on an eligible training provider list (ETPL).9 The list here covers programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what Connecticut offers.

How Connecticut accounting and bookkeeping program prices are reported

The price is tuition and required fees for someone paying without workforce funding, as the school reported it. "Trained with WIOA funding" on a program counts the people whose training there WIOA paid toward through a training account in program year 2024; the file never gives counts under 3, so a program without the line may still take WIOA students. It does not say how much of the price WIOA covered. Prices under $100 are treated as not reported, because the file holds many blanks entered as $0. Check the current price with the school.

What the graduate results of these programs measure

The figures at the top of this page are the middle program among those that report results: half did better, half did worse. Results describe students who left each program in recent years: the share who finished, the share working in the second quarter after leaving, and the middle earnings of those working in that quarter. States report earnings for that one quarter because they take them from the wage reports employers file every three months. The yearly figure here is that quarter times four, rounded to the nearest $100: an estimate, and an early one, since it is measured about half a year after training. The quarter as reported is under "More details" on each program. Results are withheld for small programs, and they describe past students, so they are no guarantee.

Why do some accounting and bookkeeping programs say "Not reported"?

Where a school or the state left a field empty, or the Department of Labor withheld it, the page says "Not reported". Nothing here is estimated to fill a gap.

Why the kind of school is left off each program

The file also records whether a school is public, private or nonprofit, but those entries are wrong too often to print next to a school's name, so this page leaves them out.

Other training in Connecticut

Sources for the facts about accounting and bookkeeping classes in Connecticut

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  1. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
  2. US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
  3. US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
  4. Code of Federal Regulations, title 20, part 680, sections 680.220, 680.230 and 680.310: career services before training, other grants such as Pell Grants first, and limits on Individual Training Accounts (GovInfo, 2024 edition)
  5. US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
  6. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
  7. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
  8. US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs
  9. US Department of Labor, Training and Employment Guidance Letter 8-19, Attachment I: Requirements for Training Providers, Program Eligibility, and the State Eligible Training Provider (ETP) List