Accounting and bookkeeping classes in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
10 accounting and bookkeeping programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free
5 schools offer these accounting and bookkeeping programs with classes in the Pittsburgh area, and every one is approved 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 Pittsburgh, 1 of the 10 programs takes students without a high school diploma, and all 10 are taught partly or fully online.
See the 10 programsAll 31 accounting and bookkeeping programs in Pennsylvania, including online programs
How much do accounting and bookkeeping classes cost in Pittsburgh?
$2,240 to $4,494 is what most accounting and bookkeeping programs in Pittsburgh cost if you pay yourself
That is the middle half of the 10 programs with a price. All of them: $1,295 to $27,770
In the typical program
- Finished the program
- Not enough data
- Working 6 months later
- Not reported
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Length
- 24 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 Pittsburgh may also offer accounting and bookkeeping classes. How these figures are made
All 10 accounting and bookkeeping programs in Pittsburgh approved for WIOA funding
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Accounting Specialist - Associate Degree
Community College Allegheny County
Pittsburgh
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$7,560Program website, Accounting Specialist - Associate Degree at Community College Allegheny CountyMore details about Accounting Specialist - Associate Degree at Community College Allegheny County
- Finished
- 100%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 60 weeks, 16 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $6,157
- Students counted
- 42
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $7,560
Accounting/General Accounting Certificate
Westmoreland County
Youngwood
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$3,990Program website, Accounting/General Accounting Certificate at Westmoreland CountyMore details about Accounting/General Accounting Certificate at Westmoreland County
- Finished
- 46%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 24 weeks, 10 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $4,410
- Students counted
- 29
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $3,990
Accounting Certificate
Community College Allegheny County
Pittsburgh
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$4,662Program website, Accounting Certificate at Community College Allegheny CountyMore details about Accounting Certificate at Community College Allegheny County
- Finished
- 100%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 45 weeks, 11 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $3,221
- Students counted
- 22
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $4,662
Accounting & Business Administration
Laurel Business Institute Inc
Uniontown
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$27,770Program website, Accounting & Business Administration at Laurel Business Institute IncMore details about Accounting & Business Administration at Laurel Business Institute Inc
- Finished
- 64%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 75 weeks, 21 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $2,549
- Students counted
- 13
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $27,770
Accounts Payable Manager Certification (Exam Cost Included)
Pittsburgh Technical College Inc
Oakdale
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$1,295Program website, Accounts Payable Manager Certification (Exam Cost Included) at Pittsburgh Technical College IncMore details about Accounts Payable Manager Certification (Exam Cost Included) at Pittsburgh Technical College Inc
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 12 weeks, 3 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $1,295
Accounts Payable Specialist Certification (Exam Cost Include
Pittsburgh Technical College Inc
Oakdale
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$1,295Program website, Accounts Payable Specialist Certification (Exam Cost Include at Pittsburgh Technical College IncMore details about Accounts Payable Specialist Certification (Exam Cost Include at Pittsburgh Technical College Inc
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 12 weeks, 3 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $1,295
Certified Bookkeeper (Exam Cost Included)
Pittsburgh Technical College Inc
Oakdale
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$2,195Program website, Certified Bookkeeper (Exam Cost Included) at Pittsburgh Technical College IncMore details about Certified Bookkeeper (Exam Cost Included) at Pittsburgh Technical College Inc
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 24 weeks, 6 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $2,195
Professional Bookkeeping with QuickBooks Online (Voucher Inc
Pittsburgh Technical College Inc
Oakdale
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$2,375Program website, Professional Bookkeeping with QuickBooks Online (Voucher Inc at Pittsburgh Technical College IncMore details about Professional Bookkeeping with QuickBooks Online (Voucher Inc at Pittsburgh Technical College Inc
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 24 weeks, 4 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $2,375
Professional Bookkeeping with QuickBooks Online with Payroll
Pittsburgh Technical College Inc
Oakdale
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$3,845Program website, Professional Bookkeeping with QuickBooks Online with Payroll at Pittsburgh Technical College IncMore details about Professional Bookkeeping with QuickBooks Online with Payroll at Pittsburgh Technical College Inc
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 52 weeks, 4 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $3,845
Professional Bookkeeping with QuickBooks Online and Payroll
Lenape Technical School
Ford City
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$3,895Program website, Professional Bookkeeping with QuickBooks Online and Payroll at Lenape Technical SchoolMore details about Professional Bookkeeping with QuickBooks Online and Payroll at Lenape Technical School
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 52 weeks, 10 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $3,895
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How to pay for accounting and bookkeeping classes in Pittsburgh
WIOA funding can pay for accounting and bookkeeping classes in Pittsburgh
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
Where the Pittsburgh accounting and bookkeeping program numbers come from
Which Pittsburgh accounting and bookkeeping programs are on this list?
These are the accounting and bookkeeping programs with classes in the Pittsburgh area that are 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. Online programs are left out here; they are on the Pennsylvania page. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what the area offers.
How Pittsburgh 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.
How reliable are the Pennsylvania figures?
We leave out the share working 6 months later for Pennsylvania: its rates sit far below every other state's, and the counts suggest jobs were traced only for students whose training was publicly paid.
Sources for the facts about accounting and bookkeeping classes in Pittsburgh
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- US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
- US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
- US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
- 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)
- US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
- US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
- US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
- US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs
- 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