{"id":5767,"date":"2017-03-30T11:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/?p=5767"},"modified":"2017-03-29T16:19:47","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T21:19:47","slug":"the-difference-between-accounting-and-finance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/the-difference-between-accounting-and-finance\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring the Differences Between Accounting and Finance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the accounting and finance fields are closely related, there are several key differences between the two that can impact the decision to go into one or the other.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a comparison of the two fields.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5768\" src=\"http:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/03\/Chart_Difference_Between_AccountingVSFinance.jpg\" alt=\"Chart_Difference_Between_AccountingVSFinance\" width=\"660\" height=\"1950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/03\/Chart_Difference_Between_AccountingVSFinance.jpg 660w, https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/03\/Chart_Difference_Between_AccountingVSFinance-102x300.jpg 102w, https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/03\/Chart_Difference_Between_AccountingVSFinance-156x460.jpg 156w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 98vw, (max-width: 1199px) 64vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Capella University offers certificate, bachelor\u2019s, MBA\u2019s, and doctoral <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capella.edu\/online-business-degrees\/\"><em>programs in business with specializations in accounting and finance<\/em><\/a><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/capellaresults.org\/outcomes.asp\">Important Information<\/a> about the educational debt, earnings, and completion rate of students who attended these programs.<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the fields of accounting and finance are closely related, there are key differences. Learn the roles and skill sets of each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":5781,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5767"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5767"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5769,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5767\/revisions\/5769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}