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Bachelor of Accounting and Finance

This degree pairs accounting with finance, so you learn how organisations report their results and also how money is raised, invested and priced.

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How long it takes
3 years
full time
Entry ATAR
From 49
Lowest offered at Australian Catholic University, 2026
How you can study
On campus
Leads on to
Financial Accountant
$104,200 median pay
Taught by
2 providers
NSW, VIC, SA

Is this course right for you?

What the Bachelor of Accounting and Finance asks of you, and what you might want to check first.

It helps to have

  • an interest in how money and businesses work
  • comfort with numbers and basic maths
  • attention to detail when checking figures
  • a methodical approach to solving problems

Before you start

Each provider sets its own entry requirements, so check the ones you are considering.

Where this course can take you

Jobs this qualification is a recognised route into, and the study that can follow it.

Jobs you can do with it

  • External Auditor

    External auditors examine an organisation's financial records and test its controls, then give an independent opinion on whether its financial statements are true and fair.

    What else you need

    Complete the accounting major and relevant professional subjects. Professional designations, statutory audit sign-off and tax-agent registration have further requirements; this route does not confer them.

    Median pay$109,400

    In demand

  • Financial Accountant

    Financial accountants prepare the statements and reports a business uses to meet its tax and reporting obligations.

    What else you need

    Complete the accounting major and relevant professional subjects. Professional designations, statutory audit sign-off and tax-agent registration have further requirements; this route does not confer them.

    Median pay$104,200

  • Financial Analyst

    Financial analysts build the forecasts and models a business uses to decide where its money goes.

    What else you need

    Complete the accounting major and relevant professional subjects. Professional designations, statutory audit sign-off and tax-agent registration have further requirements; this route does not confer them.

    Median pay$109,200 (estimate)

Pay is the median for everyone in the job, and “In demand” means the job is on the national shortage list. Pay marked as an estimate is our own analysis, not a published figure.

Where you can study this course

There are 2 places you can study this course. When you compare them, check they teach it the way you want to study, how far you'd be from a campus, what it will cost you and what past students say about the teaching and support. They're listed by how often people search for them, and none of them pays to be here or to move up.

What you’ll learn

The main topics covered in the Bachelor of Accounting and Finance.

  • Financial and management accounting
  • Corporate finance
  • Financial markets and institutions
  • Business law
  • Decision making under uncertainty

Questions to ask before you enrol

Providers run this course differently, so the answers change from one to the next.

  1. When is the next intake, and how many are there each year?
  2. What is the total cost, including materials, checks and any placement costs?
  3. Can I study part time or online, and how does that change the length?
  4. Do the units count towards a higher qualification if I go on to study further?

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