Office Bookkeeper Certificate

Career-Ready Skills for Any Business

Enjoy a rewarding career in accounting and work in any business. Our hands-on classes teach you about cost accounting, income tax, financial analysis, and advanced Excel tools. You'll be ready to use your accounting skills in no time.

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Office Bookkeeper Certificate at a Glance

Degree
Certificate
Length of Study
4 months
Course Format
Face-to-Face
Classes Meet
Daytime
Program Start
Fall, Spring, Summer

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100%

Faculty are CPAs

90%

Become Quickbooks certified

13:1

Faculty to student ratio

Your Office Bookkeeper Career

With an Office Bookkeeper Certificate, you’ll show employers that you know the basics of accounting. Many of our graduates find jobs as bookkeepers or payroll specialists.

Program Overview

You will be ready to handle the day to day responsibilities of a bookkeeper and be able to run payroll for a business using industry standard accounting software.

You graduate with skills and experience with:

  • Computer Accounting
  • Financial Accounting
  • Information Computing
  • Payroll Accounting

These are just a few of the companies that hire graduates from this program: 

  • Advanced Systems, Inc., Waterloo, IA
  • Isle Casino Hotel, Waterloo, IA
  • Lee Enterprises (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier), Waterloo, IA
  • McGladrey LLP, Waterloo, IA
  • Paul R. Nielsen Co., PC, Cedar Falls, IA
  • The Principal Financial Group, Waterloo, IA
  • Veridian Credit Union, Locations throughout Iowa

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How to Get Started

It’s simple! Complete these steps:

  1. Apply for admission at Hawkeye.
  2. Send official transcripts to Admissions.
  3. Demonstrate college readiness.

Check the status of your application at any time by logging into your admissions account.

Program Admission Requirements

To enroll this program, you’ll need to meet the minimum score requirements.

  ALEKS ACCUPLACER Next Generation ACCUPLACER Classic COMPASS ACT GPA
Math 14 255 Arithmetic
246 Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra, and Statistics		 63 Arithmetic 39 Pre-Algebra 16 2.25

You can take the ALEKS Placement Assessment online. If you prefer, you can take the ACCUPLACER Next Generation or ACT at Hawkeye. While ACCUPLACER Classic and COMPASS aren’t offered anymore, you can still use your scores from those tests if you took them before for program admission.

If you don’t meet the minimum score requirements, you can take success courses instead. Talk to your academic advisor to help you find the right courses to get started.

If you meet the assessment score requirements, you can be accepted into the program.

If you don't meet these requirements, you’ll be accepted into a Pre-Program. As a pre-program student, you’ll start by taking general education and prerequisite classes. Your academic advisor will help you make a plan to meet the program requirements. After finishing your pre-program courses, contact Admissions to let them know.

Program Contacts

Admissions

Main Campus
Hawkeye Center 134
319-296-4000
Email Admissions

Regular Hours — Spring 2025

Monday – Friday 8 AM – 4:30 PM

Academic Advisor

Last Names A–L

Last Names M–Z

Faculty Advisor

Patrick Geer
Main Campus
Black Hawk Hall 212
319-296-2329 ext.1371
Email Patrick Geer