Accounting
The Blinn College District Accounting Program provides a foundation in accounting principles, practices, and procedures with courses that cover topics such as financial accounting, managerial accounting, auditing, taxation, and accounting information systems. With these skills in hand, our students transfer to some of the state’s leading bachelor's degree programs, including Texas A&M, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at RELLIS, Prairie View A&M, Sam Houston State University, the University of Houston-Victoria, and more.
Degree and Certificate Plans
Our 30-credit-hour Level-2 Certificate in Accounting prepares you for a career in payroll or bookkeeping and applies toward the 60-credit-hour Associate of Applied Science (AAS) in Accounting. Students who earn their AAS in Accounting can transfer those credits toward a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences. Students seeking to pursue a BBA, BA, or BS can earn the 60-credit-hour Associate of Science in Business. Click below to see the degree plans:
RELLIS Academic Alliance
Through Blinn’s partnership with the RELLIS Academic Alliance, you can earn your Associate of Science in Business and your Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting, general business, finance, management, or marketing from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, all at Texas A&M-RELLIS in Bryan.
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Through the CAPS Program, a co-admissions partnership with the University of Houston-Victoria (UHV), you can earn your AAS in Accounting from Blinn and your BAAS in General Studies from UHV.
Meet Megan Woytek
As the operations manager at the Arts Council of the Brazos Valley, Blinn College alumna Megan Woytek has found a unique way to blend her professional business and accounting skills with a lifelong passion for the arts.
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Program FAQ
The 60-credit-hour Associate of Science in Business is designed for students who plan to transfer and pursue a bachelor’s degree at a four-year university. We even offer an accelerated pathway that allows you to complete this degree in just one year. To participate in the accelerated pathway, please email busi@blinn.edu.
The 60-credit-hour Associate of Applied Science in Accounting prepares students to work as advanced bookkeepers or audit clerks or to continue their studies by pursuing a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Science in Business Management.
The 30-credit-hour Level-2 Certificate in Accounting provides a foundation in accounting for students seeking to begin careers in payroll or bookkeeping, or for students who plan to continue pursuing their Associate of Applied Science in Accounting.
For specific advice, please contact an academic advisor.
The Associate of Science in Business can be completed online and on the Brenham, Bryan, RELLIS, Schulenburg, and Sealy campuses.
The Associate of Applied Science in Accounting can be completed online with some courses available on the Brenham, Bryan, Schulenburg, and Sealy campuses.
The Level-2 Certificate in Accounting can be completed online with some courses available on the Brenham, Bryan, Schulenburg, and Sealy campuses.
Blinn has a variety of co-enrollment and transfer partnerships to place you on the path to a bachelor’s degree in accounting or business.
Through the RELLIS Academic Alliance at Texas A&M-RELLIS, you can co-enroll at Blinn while earning one of the following bachelor’s degrees from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, which also offers classes at RELLIS:
- BBA in Accounting,
- BBA in General Business,
- BBA in Finance,
- BBA in Management,
- and a BBA in Marketing.
Through the CAPS Program, we also offer a co-enrollment partnership with the University of Houston-Victoria (UHV) that allows you to earn your Associate of Applied Science in Accounting from Blinn and your Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences in General Studies from UHV.
We also have an articulation agreement with Sam Houston State that will allow you to begin your studies with Blinn and then transfer your credits toward the following degrees at Sam Houston State:
- BBA in Accounting,
- BBA in Banking Financial Institutions,
- BBA in Economics,
- BBA in Entrepreneurship,
- BBA in Finance,
- BBA in General Business,
- BBA in Human Resource Management,
- BBA in Management Info Systems,
- BBA in Management,
- BBA in Marketing,
- and a BBA in Supply Chain Management.
We also have an articulation with Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) that allows you to earn your Associate of Science in Business from Blinn and apply those credits toward a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from SNHU (all SNHU courses for this degree are available online).
In addition to these partnerships, Blinn accounting students transfer to some of the state’s leading bachelor’s degree programs, including Texas A&M, Prairie View A&M, Texas State, the University of Houston, or more. Speak to an academic advisor at your university of choice to see how Blinn credits will apply toward your specific degree plan.
Blinn graduates have gone on to pursue successful careers in a variety of accounting-related fields, including public accounting, corporate accounting, government accounting, and non-profit accounting, and have pursued further education in fields such as law, business, and finance. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, accountants and auditors earned a median salary of $77,250 in 2021.
For degree plans, click the appropriate link below:
Associate of Science in Business
Associate of Applied Science in Accounting
Level-2 Certificate in Accounting
Course descriptions are available in the Catalog.
Students are responsible for their own transportation to classes. The following links may help students coordinate their commute to Blinn College.
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www.blinn.edu/parking
Alternative Transportation
www.blinn.edu/parking/alternative.html
Handicap-Accessible Transportation
www.blinn.edu/disability/handicap-accessible-transportation.html
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Email: busi@blinn.edu
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